TEHRAN – Iran basketball federation vice-president Fattaneh Malek says that Greek head coach Eleni Kapogianni has shown interest in cooperation with Iran’s women’s team.

Under Kapogianni’s leadership, Iran’s Women's National Basketball Team reached the final of the Asian Championship in Division B, where Team Melli suffered a narrow 55-54 loss against Indonesia and failed to advance to Division A.

After winning back-to-back Greek Women's Basketball League Championships with Panathinaikos Women's team, 54-year-old head coach Kapogianni took charge of Iran in May 2023.

Kapogianni had a contract with the Iranian Basketball Federation for about three months which ended in August 2023 and he was supposed to Iran in February to sign a new contract but has yet to travel to Tehran, however the Iranian top official said that she wants to sign a new deal with Team Melli.