Iran Clinches 10th Consecutive Asian Para‑Taekwondo Title

Date: 01 August 2025 - 23:16

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TEHRAN – Iran’s national para-taekwondo team swept up 12 medals at the 10th Asian Para‑Taekwondo Championships in Kuching, Malaysia—keeping its decade-long continental dominance intact.
Iranian athletes secured three golds (Ali‑Reza Bakht, Hamed Haghshenas, and Marziyeh Nasrollahi); three silvers (Saeid Sadeghianpour, Maryam Abdollahpour, Amir‑Muhammad Haghighatshenas); and six bronzes (Aylar Jami, Leila Mirzaei, Muhammad‑Taha Hassanpour, Roza Ebrahimi, Zahra Rahimi, Mehdi Pour‑Rahnama).
With this haul, Iran claimed its tenth straight Asian title in para‑taekwondo, reinforcing the country’s premier position across Asia. While official year-on-year team specifics from the 2025 tournament were not in Web sources, Iran’s broader regional dominance is well documented, with golds and medals across both men’s and women’s brackets in the preceding 2024 championship in Da Nang, Vietnam
Saeid Sadeghianpour and Maryam Abdollahpour delivered standout performances, while Pour‑Rahnama and Haghshenas triumphed in their respective weight classes—solidifying Iran’s depth across para‑taekwondo disciplines
The Sports Ministry and National Paralympic Committee issued official statements congratulating the athletes and coaching staff, praising their sustained excellence and contribution to Iran’s sporting prestige. The championships come just a day after Iran’s able-bodied taekwondo team captured the Asian title at the 2024 senior championships in Da Nang with 3 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals
Iran’s consistent performance in recent years builds upon earlier regional para‑taekwondo successes, including medals at the Asian Para Games (Hangzhou 2022) where Iranian contestants finished first overall among participating nations in taekwondo, placing ahead of China and Uzbekistan in both men’s and women’s categories
At the same Hangzhou Asian Para Games, Iran’s Mehdi Pourrahnama and Hamed Haghshenas each took gold, while Zahra Rahimi and Maryam Abdollahpour won women’s titles—demonstrating parity across genders in Iran’s para-sport system.