Team Iran has officially confirmed its squad for the fifth edition of the Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai, naming a 194-strong athlete delegation set to compete across 11 sports from December 7 to 14, 2025, as the nation targets another strong continental campaign.
Iran NPC, Tehran- The 5th edition of the Asian Youth Para Games will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates, bringing together the next generation of Para athletes from across Asia.
Team Iran will compete under the delegation name “Team Iran; Ambassadors of Victory” with the official motto “Faith, Perseverance, Dominance”, under the leadership of Maryam Kazemipour,
Iran’s delegation includes 194 athletes — 121 boys and 74 girls — competing in 11 sports: Para Archery, Para Shooting, Para Athletics, Para Badminton, Boccia, Goalball, Para Powerlifting, Para Swimming, Para Table Tennis, Para Taekwondo, and 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball. With the exception of Para Swimming, Iranian female athletes will be represented across all other sports, highlighting the continued growth and inclusivity of the nation’s youth Para program.
Iran arrives in Dubai with a strong record at the Games. The team finished runner-up at the editions in Tokyo 2009, Malaysia 2013, and Dubai 2017, before securing the overall title at the previous event in Bahrain 2021. Across four appearances, Iranian athletes have collected a total of 144 gold, 119 silver, and 107 bronze medals.
Team Iran's Official Roster for Dubai 2025:
Para Archery
Nika Malekpour, Yesna Mesbah
Technical Staff
Zahra Nemati, Head Coach
Mohammad Saleh Palizban, Team Leader
Para Armwrestling
Women's PI Armwrestling
Fatemeh Hezbiyan, Reyhaneh Roostaei, Yasmin Emadi, Narges Eivazi, Negin Aliabadi, Zahra Abbasi, Mahla Havadanlou, Shima Dadkhah Kombelani, Roghayeh Aghababaei
Men's PI Armwrestling
Abolfazl Hosseinpour, Aref Sahebdel, Amir Hossein Ghasemnejad, Mohammad Karimi Ghahfarokhi, Meisam Amini, Himan Moradi, Heidar Jafarzadeh, Amir Abbas Kargar Rajab Poor, Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimzadeh, Abolfazl Khodadoust, Amir Ali Rasa, Mohammad Mahdi Alboughobeish
Technical Staff
The Coaches: Mahrokhsadat Ahmadpanah, Homeira Shahianyar,
Team Leader: Roghieh Allahkarami
Women's VI Armwrestling
Nazanin Ghoreishi Nezhad, Vida Jabbarzadeh, Zahra Shiri, Kosar Gharaei
Coach: Maryam Abdolvand
Men's VI Armwrestling
Mohammad Hadi, Mohammad Abdollahi, Seyed Yahya Rasouli, Alireza Gohari, Ali Nazhati, Amir Salar Taghavi
The Coaches: Mahdi Abdolvand, Meisam Goli, Hassan Ghorban Vidgoli
Amir Mandegarfard, Team Leader
Para Athletics
Women's VI Athletics
Setayesh Malmir, Nazanin Ameri, Helia Mehr Nou, Bahar Behbahani, Narges Karimi, Mahla Zarean Dolatabadi, Nazanin Zahra Khosravi, Zahra Imani
Men's VI Athletics
Parham Dehghani, Ehsan Mohammadi Nezhad, Abolfazl Jafari, Mahdi Delpak, Heydarali Heydari, Hiwa Raei Ghozlou, Amir Hesam Bahrami, Mohammad Taha Mohammadi, Hassan Javidi, Amir Hossein Malekzadeh, Mohammad Amin Behyari, Mohammad Jan Mohammadlou
Technical Staff
The Coaches: Leila Safari, Shima Tighafkand, Zahra Alizadeh, Sohrab Asadi, Mahdi Resalatzadeh, Hashem Haseli Khankahdani
Guide Runners: Ghazaleh Eshghi, Soha Salari, Abolfazl Safaei, Saeid Saliminia, Mahdi Sayari
Women's PI Athletics
Hanieh Hagh Nazari, Fatemeh Rostami, Atena Nafar Sefid Dashti, Mobina Barbari, Ayshan Ghanbari, Hengameh Sepehri, Roghayeh Poureidi Shahabadi, Reyhaneh Iranmanesh, Reyhaneh Mirzaei, Hasti Shakouri, Fatemeh Baziyar, Seyedeh Mehraneh Tabatabaei, Zeinab Sebyani, Seyedeh Niyayesh Razavi Motlagh
Men's PI Athletics
Mojtaba Heshmati, Ali Ghafari, Parham Jafari Mamagani, Mohammad Parsa Sohrabi, Mohammad Reza Shoqi, Sina Abyavi, Ali Ameri, Yaser Zamani, Hossein Adib, Amir Abbas Abbasi, Amirmohammad Mansouri, Abolfazl Khosravi Ghalehshahrokhi, Amir Ali Hossein Beigi, Amir Hossein Sohrabian, Alireza Mirzaei Mamo, Hossein Sarhadi, Hossein Saeedifar, Seyed Omid Talebpour, Iliya Tahmasbinezhad, Mohammad Zabarjad, Reza Niksirat, Armin Salehi, Mohammad Saleh Najafpour, Javad Niazmand, Sadra Hasanpour
Technical Staff
The Coaches: Seyed Javad Mousavi, Abedin Moradi, Mahdi Hashemzadeh Shadiari, Ebrahim Momeni Kharaji, Mohammad Reza Sahragard, Satar Jayervand, Mohammad Alvanpour, Mahboubeh Mohammadi, Sima Moutab Vatani, Elham Kaviani, Zeinab Pakar, Aram Moamer
Bahman Rezaei Farai, Team Manager
Ali Asghar Hadizadeh, Men's Team Leader
Monir Sobhan Parast, Women's Team Leader
Para Badminton
Arefehzahra Asadipoor, Mohammadreza Darabi, Abolfazl Jenaei, Fatemehzahra Babaei.
Technical Staff
Mahdieh Horman, Coach - Mostafa Pahlevan, Coach & Team Leader
Boccia
Men's Boccia
Milad Mohammadi Fasaghandis, Amirmehdi Honarmand, Abolfazl Davoudi, Amir Reza Zemeharirlou, Sajjad Mansourboghmech, Shahrooz Heidari.
Women's Boccia
Helia Hajiabadi, Sara Alizadeh Yadegar, Zahra Mohammadi, Nazaninroghieh Mollaalipour.
Technical Staff
Vahid Nikfarjam, Head Coach
Vahid Kalaher and Akram Sabokrou, Coaches
Mahdi Mohammadi Fasaghandis, and Roghaiyeh Mohammadi, Ramp Operators
Kolthoum Bafazl, Heidar Mahdizadeh and Mohammad Koohkan, Care takers
Seyedmasoud Tabatabaeian, Team Leader
Goalball
Men's Goalball
Ali Rigi, Seyed Alireza Rasouli, Taha Keramati, Seyed Mohammadali Mousavi Dastgerdi, Ahmadreza Ghasemi Bamkan, Mahdi Ghafouri.
Technical Staff
Mahmoud Yousefian, Head Coach and Saheb Yousefi, Coach
Mohammadreza Mazloumi, Team Leader
Women's Goalball
Raheleh Bakhshi, Zahra Sadat Mousavi Dastgerdi, Saba Dehghani, Paria Dehghani, Fahimeh Deldadeh, Mahtab Zandieh.
Technical Staff
Mozhgan Karbi, Head Coach and Marjan Hokmallahi, Coach
Bahareh Absetan, Team Leader
Para Swimming
VI Swimming
Abolfazl Moradi, Seyed Amir Sobhan Jamshidi Monfared, Amir Ali Gol Mohammad Zadeh, Mohammad Taha Bagheri, Seyed Erfan Jafari Pakdel, Abolfazl Heydari Jahan Tighi, Amir Mohammad Farkhonde Zadeh, Ali Hanrouz, Sepehr Houshmandi, Mohammad Ali Kazemi Mirki, Ali Hassanzadeh
Technical Staff
Mohammad Hassan Ghadimi, Head Coach and the Coaches Bijan Piriaee, Ahmad Nakhaei, Ahmad Rostad
PI Swimming
Amir Reza Bahrami Marzban, Sepehr Seifi, Reza Dehghan, Alireza Nasr Esfahani, Seyed Arshavir Hosseini, Ali Motalabi Fesharaki, Abolfazl Zarifpour Esmaeil Yazdi, Sepanta Navidi, Amir Hossein Alizadeh, Abolfazl Malek Oladi, Taha Azizi
Technical Staff
Mahdi Akbari Nejad, Head Coach and Ahmad Malekpour Ravasjan and Alireza Kamijani, the coaches
Ali Reghbati, Team Leader
Para Powerlifting
Men's Para Powerlifting
Seyed Amir Ali Rashidi Mehr, Alireza Sohrabi, Abolfazl Mirzaei, Mohammad Karim Nia, Amir Hossein Zare Bahram Abadi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri Moghadam, Reza Hosseinvand, Hassan Mohammad Hosseinpour Jolodar, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Faghihi, Mani Saeedi, Amir Ali Eshagh Nia, Reza Enayatollahi, Amir Abbas Sharifi
Technical Staff
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar, Head Coach
Mohammad Reza Amini, Coach
Tarahom Esmaeilpour, Coach
Babak Mohammadi, Team Leader
Women's Para Powerlifting
Zahra Pouladi, Mahdieh Ehsani, Elnaz Mottaghi, Mahdieh Mohammadi, Samaneh Sadeghi Hesar, Atiyeh Sadat Hosseini, Fatemeh Imani, Niayesh Salimi Fini.
Technical Staff
Masoumeh Sadat Babaei, Head Coach
Saebeh Abbaszadeh, Coach
Mozhgan Nasiri Zahed, Team Leader
Para Taekwondo
Men's Para Taekwondo
Abolfazl Imani, Shahram Sahrapeima, Amir Hossein Alizadeharab, Amirmohammad Haghighatshenas, Amir Joudi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Hosseiniankhah.
Technical Staff
Ali Karimisaber, Head Coach
Mahdi Pourrahnama Ahmadgourabi, Coach
Women's Para Taekwondo
Zahra Soltani, Roza Ebrahimi, Narges Javadi, Maryam Abdollahpour Deroei, Zahra Rahimi, Romina Chamsouraki, Mehraveh Domehri, Sahar Ghanbari
Technical Staff
Zahra Hosseini, Head Coach and Mehri Shabaeni, Coach
Hadi Saei, Team Leader
Para Table Tennis
Women's Para Table Tennis
Narjes Soltanmohammadi, Fatemeh Ashtari, Yasaman Ehsankhah, Zahra Namazi, Hananeh Nejati.
Men's Para Table Tennis
Arsham Ramazani, Mohammadtaha Khosravi, Seyedalireza Tabatabaei Nodoushan, Ali Rasti, Amirali Ahmadi, Ali Samkhaniyani, Amirhomayoun Choganian, Benyamin Vahidi
Technical Staff
Peyman Norouzi, Coach
Elnaz Dabiri, Coach
Majid Nezami, Team Leader
3x3 Wheelchair Basketball
Men's Wheelchair Basketball
Mohammad Taha Yarmohammadi, Fouad Mozaffari Afkham, Abolfazl Jalaei, Amir Mahdi Yousefi
Women's Wheelchair Basketball
Zahra Nasrikeshteli, Roghayeh Salehi, Fatemeh Molaee, Roghayyeh Amiri
Technical Staff
Azar Homayoun Pour, Coach
Gholamreza Nami, Coach
Mahmoud Irandoust, Team Leader
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