# Iran's Strongest Man

Iran's Strongest Man (Persian: قوی‌ترین مرد ایران), also called Mardān-e Āhanin; Persian: مردان آهنین), is the only televised annual strongman event in Iran, airs on Channel 3.
Mohammadreza Fattah Hosseini, Reza Javdani, and Mohammad-Amin Nabiollahi have been the hosts of programme so far. Faramarz Khodnegah is the official referee, assisted at times by Mehdi Fatemi (2005–2006), Mehrab Fatemi (2007–2009), and Ali Dadashi (2010). After six years of absence, the 12th period of the event takes place on Nowruz 2018.

## Final results

| Year | Place | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth |
| 1998 | Tehran | Mehrab Fatemi | Hamid Soltan | Mehdi Mirdavoudi | Mehdi Fatemi | Farhad Panahi | Akbar Ghamgin | — | — |
| 2001 | Boroujerd | Mehrab Fatemi | Mojtaba Maleki | Majid Talkhabi | Mehdi Fatemi | Ali Dadashi | Reza Golmohammadi | Hossein Fatemi | Hossein Bejani |
| 2004 | Tehran | Reza Gharaei | Mojtaba Maleki | Rouhollah Dadashi | Amir Gharaei | Mehdi Mirdavoudi | Majid Dejbarar | Mehdi Bagheri | Mehdi Pashaei |
| 2005 | Kish | Mehrab Fatemi | Mojtaba Maleki | Hossein Fatemi | Majid Talkhabi | Karim Taleshi | Mehdi Bagheri | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi |
| 2006 | Bandar Abbas | Mehrab Fatemi | Ali Esmaeili | Hossein Fatemi | Aidin Khataei | Hamid Gharaei | M. Mohammadi | — | — |
| 2007 | Bam | Reza Gharaei | Farzad Mousakhani | Ali Esmaeili | Rouhollah Dadashi | Hamid Gharaei | M. Mohammadi | — | — |
| 2008 | Chabahar | Reza Gharaei | Hassan Ebadi | Rouhollah Dadashi | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi | Hamid Gharaei | Amir Gharaei | Javad Maafi |
| 2009 | Bam | Rouhollah Dadashi | Moslem Darabi | Ali Esmaeili | M. Mohammadi | Mehrdad Bajelan | Hamed Amiri | Hamid Gharaei | Mehdi Norouzi |
| 2010 | Tehran | Rouhollah Dadashi | Moslem Darabi | Mehrdad Bajelan | M. Mohammadi | Mohsen Akhoundi | Alireza Gharaei | Mehrab Fatemi | Ali Esmaeili |
| 2011 | Gheshm | Moslem Darabi | Ali Esmaeili | Kamal Sharifi | Karim Taleshi | Nemat Jalali | Mohsen Akhoundi | Saeed B. Kazemi | — |
| 2012 | Kish | Moslem Darabi | Nemat Jalali | Hamed Haghzareh | Mohsen Masnabadi | Mehrdad Bajelan | Bahram Akbari | Farshid Hemmati | — |
| 2018 | Tehran | Mohammad Ezzatpour | Peiman Maheripour | Mohsen Masnabadi | Mohammadreza Tazeroo | Ali Nokani | Sirvan Soleymani | Hassan H. Aghaei | Faramarz Rahmani |
| 2024 | Kish | Reza Gheitasi | AliAkbar Jafari | Ali Fazeli | Mohammadreza Tazeroo | Amir Sohrabi | Malek Jafari | Milad AbbasAbadi | Mohsen Masnabadi |

## Fair-play award winner

| Year | Place | Fair-play Winner |
| 1998 | Tehran | Kazem Sad |
| 2001 | Boroujerd | Mansour Rostamzadeh |
| 2004 | Tehran | Ahmed Afshar |
| 2005 | Kish | Rahim Asgari and Mehdi Bagheri |
| 2006 | Bandar Abbas | Ali Dadashi and Siavash Barfan |
| 2007 | Bam | Mehdi Bagheri |
| 2008 | Chabahar | Kamal Sharifi |
| 2009 | Bam | Hasan Aliyar and Siavash Barfan |
| 2010 | Tehran | Ghiyath Ahmadi and Hossein Rasouli |
| 2011 | Qeshm | Amirhossein Yavari |
| 2012 | Kish | Nemat Jalali |
| 2018 | Tehran | N/A |
| 2024 | Kish | Reza Gheitasi / Ahmad Reza Masnabadi |

## Records

* Most championship:
    Mehrab Fatemi (4 times)
    Reza Gharaei (3 times)
* Most second place:
    Mojtaba Maleki (3 times)
    Ali Esmaili and Moslem Darabi (2 times)
* Most third place:
    Rouhollah Dadashi, Ali Esmaili and Hossein Fatemi (2 times)
* Most appearances in the finals:
    Ali Esmaili (7 times)
    Mohammad Mohammadi (6 times)
    Mehrab Fatemi and Rouhollah Dadashi (5 times)
* Most consecutive championships:
    Mehrab Fatemi, Reza Gharaei, Rouhollah Dadashi and Moslem Darabi (2 times)