The team's permanent bench against worrying results.
Mohammad Dari, who took over the leadership of Iran's national saber fencing team after the Paris 2024 Olympics, is now facing criticism for the results and performance of his students after being on the bench of the national team for about two years. During this period, the team participated in various competitions, but the achievements did not meet expectations and the discussion of changes in the technical staff was raised more seriously than before.
One of the reasons that the leadership and some other members of the fencing team presented for the recent results is the lack of support and the lack of young people willing to participate in first level competitions. However, the team's performance in various competitions is still subject to debate and the results have been criticized.
The last important performance of Iran's national saber team took place at the Nagoya Asian Games under the guidance of the leadership; Competitions that didn't achieve much for Iran's fencing and only the bronze medal of Ali Pakdaman was achieved. A result that once again turned the issue of the future of the national team's bench and the need to strengthen the technical staff into one of the main discussions in this field.
In this situation, the President of the Fencing Federation, Alireza Forselman, announced this team's plan to use a foreign coach and strengthen the team's bench on the way to the Olympics. Referring to the conditions of the region and the country, he emphasized that at this stage it is not possible to recruit a foreign coach, but this issue is included in the association's plans for the Olympics.
Under these conditions, it seems that Mohammad Darari will continue to lead the team in the upcoming competitions at least until the end of the year, but the future of his cooperation with the team next year and the possibility of changes in the technical staff have become one of the important questions of the Iranian fencer.