TV presenter explains joke after naming two athletes with same name as former president

What happened: Paiman Yousofi, a well-known presenter and reporter for state broadcasting, said on the live program Varzesh va Mardom that when he mentioned the names "Hassan Rouhani" and "Hossein Rouhani" he was referring to karate athletes and not the former president. Sources and wording: The account of his comments comes from Etemad; another brief report citing a different source quoted Yousofi joking that he meant the karate competitors and not anyone else. Structure retained: the reports separate the shared fact (Yousofi named two people with the same names as the former president) from his explanation and the lighthearted framing he used to clarify the reference (that they are karateka).