Iran held by South Africa at 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Wednesday.Yaghoub Bahrami scored two goals and Reza Norouzzadeh and Amirmehdi Mirzakhani scored a goal each for the Iranian team.Team Melli,
who claimed bronze in 2018, will play Czech Republic in Pool B on Thursday.Pool A consists of Austria, Netherlands, Namibia, Belgium,
Kazakhstan and New Zealand.The competition is being held in Pretoria, South Africa from Feb
5 to 11.The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.