Home News & Articles You are here:     Home     Women's News     Iran: Instead of receiving support, Ping Pong champion is told to quit Women's News Iran: Instead of receiving support, Ping Pong champion is told to quit   Created: 23 January 2018 A young woman, member of Iran’s national Ping Pong team, Mahshid Ashtari, says the Education Department told her to concentrate on her studies instead of doing sports. In an interview with ISNA news agency, Ms. Ashtari said, “Both the Education Department and the Department of Sports and Youths in Razavi Khorassan  refused to give me any support . They did not give me any technical or financial assistance.” On the state of her education, she said, “I had to travel to Germany in June during my final exams to take part in the international Ping Pong tournaments. I had expected to be rewarded in some form after winning medals for my country.” She ...