{"id":158942,"date":"2025-08-17T18:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158942"},"modified":"2025-08-17T18:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:14:34","slug":"khodabakhsh-rostami-returns-to-the-janbakhtegan-cup-at-his-sons-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158942","title":{"rendered":"Khodabakhsh Rostami Returns to the Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup at His Son\u2019s Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Khodabakhsh Rostami, originally from Yazd and now living in Tehran, is participating in the Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup table tennis competition this year for the first time in two decades\u2014prompted by his son\u2019s insistence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the matches began, I had the opportunity to talk with him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many times have you taken part in the Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s been a long time since I last played. This year marks my return after about twenty years, thanks to my son Radmehr Rostami\u2019s encouragement. I did participate in the past as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you achieve any titles during your previous participation?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, most of my accolades were with the basketball team. This year is my debut in table tennis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your impression of this year\u2019s Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think it\u2019s going well. I also appreciate that all matches start on time, which is great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you stay in the dormitory?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, I don\u2019t stay in the dormitory, but I\u2019ve heard from those who do that the facilities have improved. New mattresses and pillows were provided for this tournament\u2019s dormitory residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Has your son participated in table tennis?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, my son has been competing in chess for the past three years and has consistently earned top positions. Radmehr Rostami, my son, has won first place in chess so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any final thoughts?<\/strong><br \/>\nI don\u2019t have much to add, except to express my gratitude to all the children at the center. They really put in a lot of effort and have done an excellent job this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khodabakhsh Rostami, originally from Yazd and now living in Tehran, is participating in the Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup table tennis competition this year for the first time in two decades\u2014prompted by his son\u2019s insistence. Before the matches began, I had the opportunity to talk with him. How many times have you taken part in the Janbakhtegan\u2019 Cup? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":158943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1147,1148],"class_list":["post-158942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-janbakhtegan","tag-khodabakhsh-rostami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}