“In their second Olympic appearance, the reigning volleyball kings of Asia will compete in Tokyo with experience and youth plus a new head coach who led Russia to Olympic gold in 2012 -Vladimir Alekno,” Volleyballworld shared the post.

“The five players with Olympic experience are Saeid Marouf, Milad Ebadipour, Mohammad Mousavi, Amir Ghafour and Mehdi Marandi.”

Iran has been drawn in Pool A along with Japan, Italy, Poland, Canada and Venezuela at the 2020 Olympic Games.