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Sep 1, 2017 20:34
Iran’s-all-time-Paralympics-medal-winners-to-be-commemorated
The Iranian paralympians, who have won medals in the Paralympic Games, will be commemorated.
The Iranian paralympians, who have won medals in the Paralympic Games, will be commemorated.

The medal winners will be honored in the holy city of Mashhad, northeast of Iran, on Sunday. 

A total of 136 medals have been won by 145 Iranian para athletes from Seoul 1988 Paralympics to Rio 2016 Paralympics. 

“It will be a good opportunity to bring the Iranian para athletes medal winners together in a one-day ceremony in Mashhad,” Masoud Ashrafi, Secretary General of the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Iran, told Paralympic.ir. 

Iran made its debut at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games, winning four gold medals, one silver and three bronzes.

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