Veteran fencing official ABBAS FARYABI of the the Islamic Republic of Iran has been named to the FIE working group which is tasked to study the reconstruction of the FIE Rules.
Faryabi is a member of the FCA Technical Commission and as such have been designated as Directoire Technique in various competitions in Iran and in Asia. He holds an International coaching diploma from Hungary in 1996. He also holds an FIE International referees License in Epee and Foil. Among his achievements was to be a translator of the FIE Rules into Farsi and having authored many fencing books. Many of his proposed amendments to the FIE Rules were approved in the 2014 FIE Congress.
The other members of the working group are Lutz Schimacher, Medhat Elbakri, Peter Jacobs, Janine Lamon, Giandomencio, and Steve Higginson.