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Tehran, Iran, 11 March 2006
Iranian female police officers shoot during target practice in a femlae police graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Tehran, Iran.
Photo: Mansour Nasiri
One of the exercises in Zurkhaneh is push-up (Shena). Morshed after chanting introductory song, rings the bell and beat the drum continuously. The athletes put the push-up board before themselves and put their hand on it and following their Miandar (senior athlete) do some exercises holding their heads up. Push-up board is a legged board of 70 cm length and 8 cm width which legs are 5 cm high keeping it above the floor. Push-up board is not one of the main equipment of Zurkhaneh since it is possible to put the hands on earth and perform the four exercises without it. Morshed’s cloth In the past, there was an Long (apron) to be tied on Pajama and another one to be put around shoulders, but nowadays Morshed often sits on the seat wearing sport shirt and long leather or velvet trousers. Bastani trousers It covers legs down to knees and is made of thick cloth trimmed by color or white strips in flower designs and round the waist and knees are covered with leather.