Pars Shahshahani won silver at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games

In Tehran, Zahra Rahimi won the silver medal in para-taekwondo during the 2026 Asian Para Games, which were held in Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday.

Zahra Rahimi wins silver medal in para-taekwondo

Competing in the K44 class, Rahimi faced Chinese athlete Li Yuzhe in the final among women under 57 kg. However, she lost the overall match with a score of 3–2.

Rahimi won the first round with a score of 4–0, but then lost the next two rounds with scores of 4–0 and 8–0 respectively, which earned her the silver medal.

Several Iranian sports officials attended the match, including Mohammad Pouladgar, head of the Iranian delegation; Fariba Mohammadiani, deputy minister of sports for women's affairs; and Maryam Kazemipur, vice-president of the National Paralympic Committee.

Hajar Safarzadeh won the silver medal in the women's 200-meter race at the paraathletics competition.

In the afternoon of the second day of the V Asian Para Games, held in Nagoya, Safarzadeh took second place in the T12 women's 200-meter race class.

Representing Iran, Safarzadeh finished the race with a time of 25.20 seconds, where three other athletes participated.

Simran from India won the gold medal by running the distance in 24.80 seconds, and her compatriot, Damor Tejjalben, took third place with a bronze medal, posting a time of 25.23 seconds.

In Tehran, Khasanjan Janfeshan, the sole Iranian representative in para-table tennis at the Asian Para Games, won a bronze medal.

Khasanjan Janfeshan won bronze medal at table tennis tournament in Nagoya

In the semi-finals of the Class 2 para-table tennis competition, Janfeshan lost to Kim Kyung-hyun from South Korea with a score of 3–2, resulting in him receiving the bronze medal.

In another semi-final, Park Chin-chol from South Korea defeated Tiray Chuawong from Thailand.

At 61 years old, Janfeshan is the oldest athlete in the Iranian delegation. He has previously won medals at previous Asian Para Games.