One of the accomplishments of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 was Sport Federation for the Disabled which was formed in 1980, through which the government, having recognized the target community, brings this federation under the supportive aegis of national sport organization, next to other national federations.

Followed by two decades’ activities of Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled, Iran NPC came into existence on 5th, February 2001 that put qualitative and quantitative development of summer and winter Paralympic games sports at the top of this committee's agenda out of which was born the idea of a national scale celebration of Paralympic Day with the promoting Paralympic movement through attracting the target community among the youth, adolescent boys and girls and their families.

The rationale behind marking this day is to pull the target community out of social isolation, fulfill their sport rights in the community, bolster public-scale facilitation of Paralympic movement, promote self-confidence, offer a platform across the country to develop their involvement in the game, and change the social attitude towards this target community.

Drafting the public sport commission constitution on 19th Feb 2002, the groundwork was laid for the planning and organizing of this remarkable day via running a test event with participation of 300 adolescent boys and girls in the Enghelab Sports Complex.

The successful staging of such an event and its impact on developing the Paralympic Movement led to the inclusion of 16 October on the Iranian annual calendar as the National Paralympic Day by a Presidential order issued on 7th Oct 2015.

NPC Iran in collaboration with 16 National Federations, who cover twenty summer and winter Paralympic sports, staged the 15th Ceremony of IR Iran National Paralympic Day took place across all cities on 16 October 2022 which was a further success to the Paralympic Movement in the country.

The most important international officials who participated or issued messages to the national Paralympic day from 2002 to 2024 are as follows:

IPC

 Sir Philip Craven, Andrew Parsons, Miguel Sagarra

UN

 Wilfried Lemke

APC

 Dato Zainal Abu Zarin, Tarek Souei, Majid Rashed

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