# Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Iran competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.
The Iranian roster featured a number of past Paralympians and Paralympic medalists, including woman shooter Sareh Javanmardi who won her fifth Paralympic medal with a gold medal, man para-athlete Saeid Afrooz who won his second Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's Javelin throw F34, powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami who won his third Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's 80kg and Iran men's national sitting volleyball team won their eighth Paralympic gold medal.
In this Paralympic games Fatemeh Hemmati won two silver medals in Archery.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sareh Javanmardi | Shooting | P2 – Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 | 31 August |
| Gold | Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid | Athletics | Men's Shot put F11 | 2 September |
| Gold | Saeid Afrooz | Athletics | Men's Javelin throw F34 | 4 September |
| Gold | Rouhollah Rostami | Powerlifting | Men's 80kg | 6 September |
| Gold | Iran men's national sitting volleyball team Hossein GolestaniHamidreza AbbasifeshkiDavoud AlipourianRamezan SalehiSadegh BigdeliMeysam Hajibabaei MovahhedMeisam Ali PourIsa ZirahiMajid LashkarisanamiMohammed NematiMorteza MehrzadMahdi Babadi | Sitting volleyball | Men's tournament | 6 September |
| Gold | Yasin Khosravi | Athletics | Men's Shot put F57 | 6 September |
| Gold | Aliakbar Gharibshahi | Powerlifting | Men's 107kg | 8 September |
| Gold | Ahmad Aminzadeh | Powerlifting | Men's +107kg | 8 September |
| Silver | Zahra Rahimi | Taekwondo | Women's 52 kg | 29 August |
| Silver | Parastoo Habibi | Athletics | Women's Club throw F32 | 30 August |
| Silver | Zafar Zaker | Athletics | Men's Shot put F55 | 30 August |
| Silver | Fatemeh Hemmati | Archery | Women's individual compound open | 31 August |
| Silver | Fatemeh Hemmati Hadi Nori | Archery | Team compound | 2 September |
| Silver | Mahdi Olad | Athletics | Men's Shot put F11 | 2 September |
| Silver | Hajar Safarzadeh | Athletics | Women's 400 m T12 | 3 September |
| Silver | Hassan Bajoulvand | Athletics | Men's Discus Throw F11 | 5 September |
| Silver | Meysam Banitaba | Judo | Men's -60 kg J1 | 5 September |
| Silver | Ali Pirouj | Athletics | Men's Javelin throw F13 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Alireza Bakht | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | 31 August |
| Bronze | Hamed Haghshenas | Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg | 31 August |
| Bronze | Alireza Mokhtari | Athletics | Men's Shot put F53 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri | Archery | Men's Individual recurve | 4 September |
| Bronze | Mohsen Bakhtiar | Powerlifting | Men's 59kg | 5 September |
| Bronze | Aliasghar Javanmardi | Athletics | Men's Shot put F35 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Elham Salehi | Athletics | Javelin throw F54 | 7 September |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 29 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 30 August | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 31 August | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 September | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 September | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 September | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 September | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 September | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 September | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Powerlifting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sitting volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Archery | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| Female | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Mixed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Fatemeh Hemmati | Archery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Competitors

Source:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Athletics | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| Goalball | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Paracanoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Shooting | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sitting volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 52 | 12 | 64 |

## Archery

Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hadi Nouri | Individual compound | 682 | 22 | Bonacina (ITA) W 141–139 | McQueen (GBR) L 139–140 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alisina Manshaezadeh | Individual compound | 672 | 29 | Tremblay (CAN) L 135–140 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gholamreza Rahimi | Individual recurve | 640 | 8 | Setiawan (INA) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri | Individual recurve | 645 | 5 | Musayev (AZE) W 6–4 | Selvathamby (MAS) W 6–2 | Savaş (TUR) W 6–0 | Singh (IND) L 4–6 | Kenton-Smith (AUS) W 6–0 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fatemeh Hemmati | Individual compound | 696 | 3 Q | Bye | Lin (CHN) W 142–138 | Rigault-Chupin (FRA) W 143–140 | Pine (GBR) W 146–143 | Cüre (TUR) L 141–144 | |
| Somayeh Rahimi | Individual recurve | 574 | 12 | Benhami (FRA) W 6–0 | Poimenidou (GRE) W 6–0 | Yang (CHN) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fatemeh Hemmati Hadi Nouri | Team compound | 1378 | 4 Q | Bye | Brazil (BRA) W 153–151 | India (IND) W 152–152 SO | Great Britain (GBR) L 151–155 | |
| Somayeh Rahimi Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri | Team recurve | 1219 | 6 | South Korea (KOR) W 5–4 SO | Turkey (TUR) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* DQ = Disqualified
* PR = Paralympic Record
* AR = Area (or continental) Record
* NR = National Record
* SB = Season's Best
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Hajar Safarzadeh | 200 m T12 | 25.04 PB | 1 Q | 25.06 | 2 q | 24.91 PB | 4 |
| Hajar Safarzadeh | 400 m T12 | 56.34 AR | 1 Q | 56.07 AR | 1 Q | 55.39 AR | |

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Ali Olfatnia | Long jump T37 | 6.04 | 4 |
| Mahdi Olad | Shot put F11 | 13.89 SB | |
| Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid | Shot put F11 | 14.78 AR | |
| Aliasghar Javanmardi | Shot put F35 | 15.84 | |
| Alireza Mokhtari | Shot put F53 | 8.69 SB | |
| Hamed Amiri | Shot put F55 | 11.36 | 6 |
| Zafar Zaker | Shot put F55 | 11.88 | |
| Yasin Khosravi | Shot put F57 | 15.96 PR | |
| Sajad Nikparast | Javelin throw F13 | 60.44 | 5 |
| Ali Pirouj | Javelin throw F13 | 69.74 PB | |
| Saeid Afrooz | Javelin throw F34 | 41.16 WR | |
| Sadegh Beit Sayah | Javelin throw F41 | DQ | — |
| Erfan Bondori Deraznoei | Javelin throw F54 | 29.12 | 5 |
| Amanolah Papi | Javelin throw F57 | 47.63 | 4 |
| Mahdi Olad | Discus Throw F11 | 39.15 | 4 |
| Hassan Bajoulvand | Discus Throw F11 | 41.75 PB | |
| Mostafa Marian | Discus Throw F56 | DQ | — |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Elham Salehi | Shot put F54 | 7.46 SB | 5 |
| Elham Salehi | Javelin throw F54 | 16.24 | |
| Hashemiyeh Motaghian | Javelin throw F56 | 21.69 | 5 |
| Parastoo Habibi | Club throw F32 | 26.29 AR | |

## Canoeing

Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Saeid Hosseinpoor | Men's KL1 | 50.71 | 3 Q | 49.53 | 1 Q | 49.16 | 5 |
| Shahla Behrouzirad | Women's KL3 | 52.70 | 5 Q | 52.12 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Goalball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iran men's | Men's tournament | France W 12–8 | Brazil D 7–7 | United States L 7–14 | 3 Q | Ukraine L 3–6 | — | United States W 4–3 | 5 |

### Men's tournament

The Iranian men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.

#### Team roster

Coach: Bahman Dousti Vala
The following is the Iran squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | France (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 0 | Quarter-finals |

#### Fifth place match
## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Meysam Banitaba | 60 kg J1 | Bye | Zhu (CHN) W 01–00 | Parmar (IND) W 10–00 | Bye | Bye | Bouamer (ALG) L 00–01 | |
| Mousa Gholami | 90 kg J1 | Arstanbekov (KAZ) W 10–00 | Powell (GBR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Bye | Crețul (MDA) L 00–10 | Did not advance | 7 |

## Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Men ||||
| Mohsen Bakhtiar | Men's 59kg | 197 | |
| Amir Jafari | Men's 65kg | 206 | 4 |
| Rouhollah Rostami | Men's 80kg | 242 WR | |
| Hamed Solhipour | Men's 97kg | 218 | 4 |
| Aliakbar Gharibshahi | Men's 107kg | 252 PR | |
| Ahmad Aminzadeh | Men's +107kg | 263 | |

## Shooting

Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mohammadreza Mirshafiei | P1 – 10 metre air pistol SH1 | 568 | 4 Q | 111.7 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sareh Javanmardi | P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH1 | 570 | 1 Q | 236.8 | |
| Nasrin Shahi | P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH1 | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roghayeh Shojaei | R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 617.1 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roghayeh Shojaei | R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1 | 1151 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sareh Javanmardi | P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 542 | 4 Q | 159.4 | 5 |
| Mohammadreza Mirshafiei | P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 523 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sitting volleyball

Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM / Cl. | Final / BM / Cl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iran men's | Men's tournament | Ukraine W 3–0 | Brazil W 3–0 | Germany W 3–0 | 1 | Egypt W 3–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–1 | |

### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the Iran roster in the men's sitting volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 132 | 1.705 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 223 | 213 | 1.047 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 205 | 240 | 0.854 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 201 | 269 | 0.747 | Seventh place match |

#### Final
## Swimming

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shahin Izadyar | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 1:13.04 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sina Zeyghaminejad | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 1:10.58 | 4 Q | 1:12.96 | 8 |
| Sina Zeyghaminejad | 200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:30.51 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Saeid Sadeghianpour | –63 kg | Jagiri (SOL) W 28–2 | Torquato (BRA) L 10–22 | Did not advance | Milad (ISR) L WDR | Did not advance | 7 |
| Alireza Bakht | –80 kg | Bye | Dombayev (KAZ) W 7–5 GDP | Toshtemirov (UZB) L 12–18 | Bye | Spajić (SRB) W 29–6 | |
| Hamed Haghshenas | +80 kg | Bye | Ludong (CHN) W 19–16 | Bush (GBR) L 13–26 | Bye | Omirali (KAZ) W 16–14 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Maryam Abdollahpour | –47 kg | Bye | Shao (CHN) L 19–9 | Did not advance | Bye | Phuangkitcha (THA) L 4–4 | 5 |
| Zahra Rahimi | –52 kg | Shao (CHN) W 13–2 | Stumpf (BRA) W 6–4 | Japaridze (GEO) W 6–0 | Bye | Ulambayar (MGL) L 2–5 | |