# Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Rouhollah Rostami | Powerlifting | Men's 80 kg | 28 August |
| Gold | Vahid Nouri | Judo | Men's 90 kg | 29 August |
| Gold | Mohammadreza Kheirollahzadeh | Judo | Men's +100 kg | 29 August |
| Gold | Amir Khosravani | Athletics | Men's long jump T12 | 30 August |
| Gold | Mahdi Olad | Athletics | Men's shot put F11 | 30 August |
| Gold | Hashemiyeh Motaghian | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F56 | 31 August |
| Gold | Sareh Javanmardi | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 | 31 August |
| Gold | Saeid Afrooz | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F34 | 1 September |
| Gold | Zahra Nemati | Archery | Women's individual recurve open | 2 September |
| Gold | Hamed Amiri | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F54 | 3 September |
| Gold | Iran men's national sitting volleyball team Mehrzad MehravanMorteza MehrzadMeisam Ali PourDavoud AlipourianMorteza Ramezani GerakoeiSeyed Mohammed Hossein Hosseini JedSadegh BigdeliMajid LashkarisanamiHossein GolestaniMohammed NematiRamezan SalehihajikolaeiMahdi Babadi | Sitting volleyball | Men's tournament | 4 September |
| Gold | Asghar Aziziaghdam | Taekwondo | Men's +75 kg | 4 September |
| Silver | Amir Jafari | Powerlifting | Men's 65 kg | 27 August |
| Silver | Amanolah Papi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57 | 28 August |
| Silver | Alireza Mokhtari | Athletics | Men's shot put F53 | 29 August |
| Silver | Hamed Solhipour | Powerlifting | Men's 97 kg | 29 August |
| Silver | Mansour Pourmirzaei | Powerlifting | Men's +107 kg | 30 August |
| Silver | Ramezan Biabani | Archery | Men's individual compound open | 31 August |
| Silver | Mahdi Olad | Athletics | Men's discus throw F11 | 2 September |
| Silver | Ali Pirouj | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F13 | 2 September |
| Silver | Mahdi Pourrahnama | Taekwondo | Men's 75 kg | 3 September |
| Silver | Sadegh Beit Sayah | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F41 | 4 September |
| Silver | Sajad Mohammadian | Athletics | Men's shot put F63 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Saman Razi | Powerlifting | Men's 107 kg | 30 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sitting volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 24 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 25 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 26 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 27 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 29 August | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 30 August | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 31 August | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 September | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 September | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 September | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| Male | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 87.5% |
| Female | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.5% |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 100% |

## Competitors

Source:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Athletics | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sitting Volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Shooting | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wheelchair Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 53 | 9 | 62 |

## Archery

Iran qualified one athlete in Men's Individual W1, one athlete in Men's Individual Compound Open, two ticket in Men's Individual Recurve, one athlete in Women's Individual Compound and one athlete in Women's Individual Recurve.

### Men's individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mohammad Reza Zandi | W1 | 643 SB | 6 | Bye | Bye | Li Ji (CHN) W 137–129 | Drahonínský (CZE) L 131–139 | Hekimoğlu (TUR) L 134–139 | 4 |
| Alisina Manshaezadeh | Compound | 699 PB | 4 | Coates-Palgrave (RSA) W 143–130 | Forsberg (FIN) L 143–145 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ramezan Biabani | Compound | 699 PB | 2 | Marchant (AUS) W 141–139 | Van Montagu (BEL) W 143–142 | Shigaef (RPC) W 143(X)–143(9) | Ai (CHN) W 146–144 | He (CHN) L 143–147 | |
| Gholamreza Rahimi | Recurve | 644 PR | 1 | Bye | Mather (USA) L 5–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Farzaneh Asgari | Compound | 677 PB | 12 | Bye | Rubio (ESP) W 140–134 | Virgilio (ITA) L 135–136 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zahra Nemati | Recurve | 630 | 3 | Bye | Barantseva (RPC) W 6–5 | Dergovics (BRA) W 7–1 | Poimenidou (GRE) W 6–2 | Petrilli (ITA) W 6–5 | |

### Mixed team

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Farzaneh Asgari Ramezan Biabani | Mix compound | 1376 | 4 | Bye | Bye | Great Britain (GBR) W 153–151 | China (CHN) L 146–150 | RPC (RPC) L 151–153 | 4 |
| Zahra Nemati Gholamreza Rahimi | Mix recurve | 1274 | 2 | Bye | Bye | Great Britain (GBR) W 6–0 | Italy (ITA) L 3–5 | China (CHN) L 2–6 | 4 |

## Athletics

16 athletes in 19 events represented Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Men's Track ||||||
| Vahid Alinajimi | Men's 100m T13 | 11.18 PB | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vahid Alinajimi | Men's 400m T13 | 50.25 PB | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Men's Field ||||||
| Hamed Amiri | Men's javelin throw F54 | — | — | 31.35 | PR |
| Saeid Afrooz | Men's javelin throw F34 | — | — | 40.05 | WR |
| Sadegh Beit Sayah | Men's javelin throw F41 | — | — | 43.35 | PB |
| Amir Khosravani | Men's long jump T12 | — | — | 7.21 | PB |
| Nourmohammad Arekhi | Men's discus throw F11 | — | — | 33.37 | 6 SB |
| Nourmohammad Arekhi | Men's shot put F11 | — | — | 12.78 | 6 SB |
| Ali Pirouj | Men's javelin throw F13 | — | — | 64.30 | PB |
| Alireza Mokhtari | Men's shot put F53 | — | — | 8.48 | SB |
| Saman Pakbaz | Men's shot put F12 | — | — | 14.29 | 5 |
| Ali Asghar Javanmardi | Men's shot put F35 | — | — | 15.40 | 4 |
| Sajad Mohammadian | Men's shot put F63 | — | — | 14.88 | SB |
| Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh | Men's shot put F34 | — | — | 10.80 | 6 SB |
| Mahdi Olad | Men's discus throw F11 | — | — | 40.60 | SB |
| Mahdi Olad | Men's shot put F11 | — | — | 14.43 | SB |
| Amanolah Papi | Men's javelin throw F57 | — | — | 49.56 | AR |
| Women's Field ||||||
| Hashemiyeh Motaghian | Women's javelin throw F56 | — | — | 24.50 | WR |
| Elnaz Darabian | Women's disk throw F53 | — | — | 12.49 | 6 AR |

## Cycling

Iran sent one cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for Asia.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mahdi Mohammadi | Men's road race C4-5 | Did not finish | - |
| Mahdi Mohammadi | Men's road time trial C5 | 53:49.65 | 11 |
| Mahdi Mohammadi | Men's track individual pursuit C5 | 5:09.154 | 10 |

## Judo

Iran has qualified two athletes in Men's events in 90 and +100 kg.
| 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 |
| Vahid Nouri | 90 kg | Bye | Cavalcante (BRA) W 10s1–0 | Latchoumanaya (FRA) W 1s2–0s1 | Bye | Bye | Stewart (GBR) W 10–0s2 | |
| Mohammadreza Kheirollahzadeh | +100kg | Bye | Subba (JAM) W 10s1–0s1 | Gwang-geun (KOR) W 10–0s1 | Bye | Bye | Chikoidze (GEO) W 10s1–0 | |

## Canoeing

Iran has qualified one athlete in Women's KL3 events and one athlete in Men's VL2.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Men ||||||||
| Eslam Jahedi | Men's VL2 200m | 1:01.395 | 4 SF | 58.057 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Women ||||||||
| Shahla Behrouzirad | Women's KL3 200m | 54.755 | 4 SF | 51.316 | 3 FA | 52.789 | 7 |

## Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Men ||||
| Amir Jafari | Men's 65kg | 195 |
| Rouhollah Rostami | Men's 80kg | 234 |
| Hamed Solhipour | Men's 97kg | 222 |
| Saman Razi | Men's 107kg | 231 |
| Mansour Pourmirzaei | Men's +107kg | 241 |

## Shooting

Iran entered five athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully broke the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Championships which was held in Cheongju, South Korea, 2019 WSPS World Cup which was held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Women ||||||
| Sareh Javanmardi | Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 572 QF QPR | 1 | 239.2 | WR PR |
| Samira Eram | Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 532 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roghayeh Shojaei | Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 624.1 QF | 4 | 163.0 | 6 |
| Mixed ||||||
| Sareh Javanmardi | Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 539 QF | 3 | 118.8 | 7 |
| Samira Eram | Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 465 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roghayeh Shojaei | Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 626.2 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sitting Volleyball

Iran's men's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships.

### 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 | Germany W 3–0 | Brazil W 3–0 | China W 3–0 | 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | RPC W 3–1 | |

### Men's tournament
#### 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 | 177 | 1.271 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 253 | 258 | 0.981 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 247 | 258 | 0.957 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 241 | 273 | 0.883 | Seventh place match |

#### Final
## Taekwondo

Iran qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Two of them qualified by entered top six in the world ranking, while the other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Men |||||||||
| Mahdi Pourrahnama | Men's −75 kg | Bye | Çelik (TUR) W 37–21 | Dombayev (KAZ) W 24–6 | Bye | Bye | García Lopez (MEX) L 20–26 | |
| Asghar Aziziaghdam | Men's +75 kg | Bye | Molina (CRC) W 11–9 | Ataev (RPC) W 9–4 | Bye | Bye | Mikulić (CRO) W 12–10 | |
| Women |||||||||
| Rayehe Shahab | Women's +58 kg | Naimova (UZB) L 9–30 | did not advance | did not advance | Mariscal (MEX) W 17–10 | Akermach (MAR) WWD | Truesdale (GBR) L 31–41 | 5 |

## Wheelchair basketball

Iran's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand. The following is the Iran roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM / Cl. | Final / BM / Cl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iran men's | Men's tournament | Australia L 39–81 | United States L 41–65 | Algeria W 81–47 | Great Britain L 57–69 | Germany L 53–56 | 5 | — | — | South Korea W 64–54 | 9 |