TEHRAN – Newly-appointed sports minister Kioumars Hashemi visited head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa at hospital on Tuesday.

Khosravi Vafa has been hospitalized at a hospital in Tehran due to an illness.

Iranian sports delegations arrived in Hangzhou, China for the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday and the country will participate in the competition with 289 athletes (211 male and 78 female) in 30 sports.

The Iranian top officials will join the delegation in the next few days.