TEHRAN - Mostafa Nekoulal Azad was elected as head of Iran's Deaf Sports Federation for a four-year term till 2028 on Monday.

In the elections held at Iran’s Academy Olympic in Tehran, Nekouna'l Azad secured 35 of 50 votes cast.

Nekoulal Azad replaced Mehran Tishehgaran in the post.

Iran's sports minister Kioumars Hashemi sacked Tishehgaran in late November after pictures emerged of a foreign woman athlete without a headscarf in the Asian Deaf Athletics Championships held in Tehran.