Akbar Khazaei the only ifbb pro bodybuilding judge from Iran , has just judged seventh event in NPC show
Akbar Khazaei, the only NPC bodybuilding professional judge from Iran, participated as one of the 5 judges in the second International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Pro league or the well-known NPC bodybuilding competition, which was held in Iraq.
Four other judges from the US, Holland and Russia called Serge Saric, Amy, Liona and Iliya accompanied him in this competition. Among them, the American .Up to 2022, Akbar Khazaei worked as a judge of IFBB World Amateur Bodybuilding Competitions (directed by Dr. Rafael Santonja from Spain). Since the beginning of 2022, he has quitted IFBB Amateur Competitions judging and has started the professional field of judgement. Accordingly, his name has been recorded as the first and the only NPC professional bodybuilding judge from Iran in IFBB Pro.
From the beginning of 2022 to the end of this year, he was invited to judge 10 competitions, of which he judged seven competitions in Tunisia, Libya, Pakistan, and Iraq. He missed the IFBB Miami Grand Prix bodybuilding competition as his visa was not granted at the American Embassy in Muscat, Oman. If his visa had been issued, he could have judged in the Mr. Olympia, as well.
Akbar Khazaei was also invited to judge the competitions of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, but due to difficulty of obtaining visas for these countries, he preferred not to apply for the visas of Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Akbar Khazaei is also one of the international professional bodybuilding coaches and was appointed as the coach of Iran’s national fitness team in 2013. However, after entering the professional judging in IFBB Pro League, according to the related regulations, he no more works as a coach in the field of champion breeding.
