Mehdi Pirjahan
Mahdi Pirjahan (; born 23 September 1999) is an Iranian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals. His personal best in the event is 49.33 seconds set in Lucknow in 2019. This is the current national record. Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Pirjahan became the fourth Iranian athlete to win a quota place in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was supposed to participate at the Men's 400m hurdles but has tested positive for the coronavirus.