Nouri was able to obtain a license to participate in the 2017 World Wrestling Championship by beating his rivals in the selection tests of the Iranian team. He won the first World Cup 7-5 against Ividas Stankovicius of Lithuania, and then finished third in Estonia with a score of 3-1 at Eric Ops, fifth in Europe, to reach the quarter-finals. At this stage, Nouri competed against Victor Lawrence, the 2014 world bronze medalist, the 2017 European champion and the fifth person of the Rio 2016 Olympics from Hungary, and won 6-4 and reached the semifinals. Nouri lost to Denis Kodella of Germany 4-1 in the semifinals. Nouri lost to Denis Kodella of Germany 4-1 in the semifinals and went on to compete against Islam Abbasov of Azerbaijan for a bronze medal in the qualifying match, winning the medal 4-0.