The short answer: Masoud Piroozi of Golestan took two titles at Iran’s 500-point men’s nationals in Alborz. He won 17+ singles and, with Hojjat Nasrollahi of West Azerbaijan, 35+ doubles. Golestan put a player on every podium. The Iranian Pickleball Association and the Tennis Federation of Iran both published the results after five days of national ranking play in late October — the domestic ladder that sits behind Iran’s next international sheet.
Every podium, one province
Four categories: singles and doubles at 17+ and 35+. Mohammad Akbari of Mazandaran won 35+ singles, beating Hamidreza Hojjat of Yazd, with Majid Shah Hosseini of Tehran third. Piroozi’s 17+ singles gold came ahead of provincial teammate Roozbeh Faraji; Radin Fahimi of host Alborz took bronze.
Doubles split the map differently. Daniyal Hajivand of Alborz and Faraji won 17+. Nasrollahi and Piroozi won 35+. Tehran’s Alireza Rouhani and Mehdi Shafagh were runners-up in both doubles draws. Shah Hosseini added a second medal in 35+ doubles bronze with Mehdi Liaghat of Fars. Mohammad Norouzi and Mani Khosravi of Golestan took 17+ doubles bronze.
That is not a one-name story. It is a province deep enough to fill gold, silver and bronze lines across an entire national weekend.
Ranking points, then the next sheet
Association president Mohammad Reza Safi attended the awards with Omid Fath-ol-Olumi, acting secretary of the Alborz tennis board. The association’s results photograph places the ceremony under Padel Zone Kordan banners in Alborz.
Pickleball News Asia, rewriting the association release, put turnout at 103 players from 13 provinces across 197 matches. Neither the association nor the federation notice repeats those counts, so they stay attributed.
Iran already appears in the 2026 World Cup field bound for Da Nang. A 500-point national weekend will not decide that tournament. It does decide who gets the next chance to try. Piroozi left Alborz with two titles. Golestan left with a marker on every podium. That is the domestic ranking picture worth keeping.
