INTERVIEW: Kahveh Zahiroleslam

We interview Kahveh Zahiroleslam, a 21 year old Iranian/American striker, currently playing for STVV in the Belgian Pro League. Born in Saratoga, California, Zahiroleslam, formerly of Yale Men's Soccer & Chicago FC United has scored 5 goals this season in all competitions for Sint-Truidense which has caught the eye of many. Hosts Samson Tamijani and Arya Allahverdi spoke to Kahveh about his background; early days; Yale University; moving to Belgium; international career aspirations; representing Team Melli or USA; 2026 FIFA World Cup and more! Chapters: 00:00 - Kahveh Zahiroleslam introduction 00:46 - Zahiroleslam Gol Bezan Promo 00:53 - Player highlights @ Yale 01:43 - Pod welcome 03:07 - Family background, early life 06:18 - Following Team Melli growing up 09:10 - Getting recruited to Yale 11:13 - Experience with USL League 2 with Chicago FC United 13:36 - Playing in Belgium 17:00 - Objectives with STVV 19:12 - 2026 FIFA World Cup aspirations? 20:45 - Contact from national teams? 21:58 - National team preference, Iran or USA? 24:15 - Watching Iran in 2023 AFC Asian Cup 25:20 - Place in Team Melli? 27:02 - Steven Beitashour influence? 27:55 - Iranian-American footballers 30:06 - Fan questions  34:07 - Message to Iranian fans 35:15 - Conclusion 35:56 - Beitashour Promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Hosts: Samson Tamijani & Arya Allahverdi Guest: Kahveh Zahiroleslam Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Kahveh - https://instagram.com/kahvehzahir Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Arya - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 mail@golbezanpodcast.com #KahvehZahiroleslam #کاوه_ظهیرالاسلام #GolBezan