TEHRAN – Iranian cyclist Danial Farzaneh has been banned for two years after tamoxifen was found in his urine sample.

The cyclist has accepted that he committed an anti-doping rule violation and the ban imposed for the breach of the Anti-Doping Code.

Tamoxifen is listed under section S4.2 as an Anti-Estrogenic Substance and is also a specified substance.

Farzaneh is banned from Sept. 23, 2023 to Sept. 22, 2025.

Basketball player Mohammad Heydari has been also tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine.

He has been banned for eight months from May 4, 2023 to Jan. 3, 2024.