Sputnik - In a country where certain jobs, such as radio presenter and reporter, are dominated by men, one woman is sending ripples through the conservative society. Sputnik Iran spoke to Maedeh Alaghmand, a sports commentator who set a new record in Iran as she commented live on kabaddi matches for 10 hours.




Maedeh Alaghmand has been working in�radio for�16 years. She successfully passed the test for�diction and became one of�the few female reporters and radio presenters in�the country.
�My birth as�the host took place on�the radio station called Youth. In 2002, I started working for�the Iranian State TV and Radio Company, I worked there for�4 years, then there were some events, I had to�finish my university, so I was transferred to�radio�Tehran where I worked for�nine years,� Maedeh said.


Later on�she returned to�the State Radio Company, where taking into�account her experience in�preparing sports programs, as�well as�working on�radio Tehran and other radio and television channels, she was transferred to�the sports section.

Maedeh specializes in�reporting on�volleyball, badminton and aerobics. She also has experience in�judging, which Maedeh acquired at�the women's badminton championship among�teams from�Muslim countries.
�Recalling one of�the saddest moments in�her professional life, Maedeh told Sputnik that she got selected to�the list of�reporters�for�one of�the world championships in�South Korea, but�in the end she was replaced by�a man.�State Radio Company never and under�no circumstances will send a woman on�a business trip for�international competitions. But the director of�Radio Sport was against�my trip to�Incheon. My name was crossed out, and they told me that they had put a man in�my place. How I cried back then!� the radio presenter said.

According to�Maedeh, sports�commentators�should not use too much sports terminology, because very few people understand it.
�It is important to�explain to�the listener�s different moments of�the game simply. I, for�example, cannot tell the listeners during�the badminton game �and now there will be a blow called�,� In the radio it is necessary to�say �a strong attack hit was carried out��".


Recently, Maedeh was working as�a female reporter in�the Iranian province of�Golestan, where she set a new record in�Iranian media.

�I beat a 40-year record since�the Islamic Revolution. I am the first woman to�report for�10 hours on�Asian kabaddi games,� she said.

Kabaddi is a contact team sport popular in�South Asia.

Speaking about�her plans for�the future, the radio commentator said that she plans to�release a program for�women, because there are very few women reporters and presenters in�Iranian television and radio broadcasting.