Iranian fans eagerly awaiting table tennis at Hangzhou Asian Games

STORY: Iranian fans eagerly awaiting table tennis at Hangzhou Asian Games DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people playing table tennis in Tehran STORYLINE: With less than half a month until the start of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Iranian table tennis fans said they were eagerly looking forward to watching the high-level matches and their favorite players during the multi-sport event. On a hot summer's afternoon, soon after the trees' shadows had become tall enough to shield passersby against the scorching rays, enthusiasts began to show up at a partially enclosed area of the Mellat (Nation) Park in northern Tehran dotted with several table tennis tables. They were from different walks of life and of diverse ages, ranging from children to the elderly, and brought with them special vivacity and joy and great energy as they entered the area, which was a good place of solitude allowing one to easily focus on losing themsel

IRAN-TEHRAN-TABLE TENNIS FANS

IRAN-TEHRAN-TABLE TENNIS FANS

(230912) -- TEHRAN, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The 17-year-old Amir-Sam Rahmani plays table tennis at Mellat Park in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 9, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Iranian fans eagerly awaiting table tennis at Hangzhou Asian Games" (Xinhua/Shadati)

IRAN-TEHRAN-TABLE TENNIS FANS

IRAN-TEHRAN-TABLE TENNIS FANS

(230912) -- TEHRAN, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The 64-year-old table tennis enthusiast Gholamreza Moharrami returns the ball at Mellat Park in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 9, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Iranian fans eagerly awaiting table tennis at Hangzhou Asian Games" (Xinhua/Shadati)

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

(230901) -- TEHRAN, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows an interior view of Mellat Palace Museum in the Saad Abad Museum Complex in Tehran, Iran. The Saad Abad Museum Complex in the north of Tehran is made up of a dozen palaces which take up an area of about 410 hectares. Some of the palaces in the complex were made open to the public as museums after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Xinhua/Shadati)

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

(230901) -- TEHRAN, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows an interior view of the Mellat Palace Museum in the Saad Abad Museum Complex in Tehran, Iran. The Saad Abad Museum Complex in the north of Tehran is made up of a dozen palaces which take up an area of about 410 hectares. Some of the palaces in the complex were made open to the public as museums after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Xinhua/Shadati)

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

IRAN-TEHRAN-SAAD ABAD MUSEUM COMPLEX

(230901) -- TEHRAN, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows an interior view of the Mellat Palace Museum in the Saad Abad Museum Complex in Tehran, Iran. The Saad Abad Museum Complex in the north of Tehran is made up of a dozen palaces which take up an area of about 410 hectares. Some of the palaces in the complex were made open to the public as museums after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Xinhua/Shadati)