Islamic Republic of Iran Handball Federation

The Islamic Republic of Iran Handball Federation (I.R.I.H.F.) is the governing body for Handball in Iran. It was founded in 1975, and has been a member of IHF since 1978. It is also a member of the Asian Handball Federation. The IRIHF is responsible for organizing the Iran national handball team .

Previous Presidents

1- Haroun Mahdavi
2- Mahmoud Mashhoun
3- Amir Hosseini
4- Mahmoud Mashhoun
5- Mohammad Hamzeh Alipour
6- Salimi
7- Ali Mohammad Amirtash
8- Alireza Rahimi (1994-2010)
9- Jalal Kouzehgari (2010-present)

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
African Handball Confederation (CAHB)	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CAF CHA CGO COD COM CIV CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GHA GEQ GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAR MAD MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Asian Handball Federation (AHF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW ǂ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMN PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
European Handball Federation (EHF)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FRO FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)	ASA AUS COK FJI GUM KIR NRU NZL PNG SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN
Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)	Caribbean ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI Central America BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN Northern America CAN GRL MEX USA South America ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Affiliated Members	ENG FSM MHL MNP NCL SCO TAH WLF
ǂ = suspended by the IHF