Career
He currently is the official referee of Iran"s Strongest Manitoba since its first period. Khodnegah was a weightlifter, but he had to leave this due to an injury.
He currently is the official referee of Iran"s Strongest Manitoba since its first period. Khodnegah was a weightlifter, but he had to leave this due to an injury.
Some strongmen like Mehrab Fatemi, the former champion of Iran"s Strongest Manitoba, and his older brother Mehdi Fatemi, claims that Khodnegah is not an athlete. Although they, together with Ali Esmaeili and Mojtaba Maleki, believe that he hasn"t do a fair and neutral refereeing in recent Iran"s Strongest Manitoba competitions to make Rouhollah Dadashi win., Khodnegah denied it himself.