Iran has unveiled its national teams for the fifth Asian Para Games, with 169 athletes set to represent the country under the name “Devoted to a Strong Iran” at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Iran NPC, Tehran – The Iranian 166-strong delegation features 104 men and 62 women, who will compete across 15 sports in the men’s programme and nine sports in the women’s programme.
From 16 to 60, Iran’s delegation at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 spans four decades of sporting experience and ambition. Para table tennis veteran Hassan Janfeshan, 60, will be the oldest athlete on the team, while 16-year-old Para taekwondo athlete Parimah Tourani will be the youngest.
Seyed Mohammad Pouladgar will lead the Iranian delegation as Chef de Mission, while Ana Jahangard, a student injured in the bombing of Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab, will join the team as its honorary ambassador.
Iranian men will compete in Para athletics, Para archery, Boccia, wheelchair basketball, Para cycling, blind football, Goalball, Para judo, Para swimming, Para powerlifting, sitting volleyball, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, Para shooting and wheelchair fencing.
The women’s team will compete in Para athletics, Para archery, Boccia, wheelchair basketball, Para powerlifting, sitting volleyball, Para taekwondo, Para shooting and wheelchair fencing.
The full composition of Iran’s national teams for Aichi-Nagoya 2026 is as follows:
Para Archery
Athletes
Somayeh Rahimi, Mohadeseh Babahabib, Hadi Nouri, Amirmohammad Barani, Gholamreza Rahimi
Technical Staff
Head Coach & Team Leader: Zahra Nemati
Coach: Amin Alikhaninezhad, Mohammadsaleh Palizban
Men's Para Athletics
Athletes
Zafar Zaker, Alireza Zare, Amirhossein Alipour, Vahid Alinajimi, Saeid Afrooz, Mohammad Bakhshi, Hassan Bajoulvand, Hamed Amiri, Erfan bondori, Mohammadtaha Beygrezaei, Sadegh Beit Sayah, Reza hatami, Hamid Eslami, Mohammad Ebrahim Pour, Mehrdad Moradi, Alireza Mokhtari, Yasin Khosravi, Ali Olfatnia, Mahdi Olad, Mehran Nikoeimajd, Hashem Rastegari, Amanolah Papi, Saman Pakbaz, Hormoz Seidikazpounji, Mohammad Saber
Technical Staff
Coach
Mostafa Bahrami, Mohammadali Refahiat, Seyed Mohsen Shahrokhi, Seyedmahdi Shahrokhi, Alireza Mehrsafooti, Hasan Salehi Amin, Mehdi Mousavi, Bahman Rezaei
Team Leader: Ali Asqar Hadizadeh
Women's Para Athletics
Athletes
Elnaz Darabian, Fatemeh Amirzadegani, Fatemehzahra Amiryousefi, Elham Salehi, Kosar Gharaei, Faezeh Dibaei, Vajiheh Houshmand, Shahla Hadidi, Parastoo Habibi, Leila Kabgzan, Hashemiyeh Motaghian, Batoul Jahangiri, Hanan Kaab Omeir, Zeinab Moradi, Atena Mohammadi Ha, Hajar Safarzadeh, Zahra Sadat Pour Esmaeil, Masoumeh Tourani, Farzaneh Sohrabitabar,
Technical Staff
Coach:
Leila Safari, Fatemeh Teshnehdel, Fatemeh Barmshoori, Zeynab Kaab Omeir, Zahra Karam Zadeh
Guide Runner: Mobina Khayat
Team Leader: Azin Saki
Blind Football
Athletes
Behad Zadali, Hossein Rajab Pour, Ahmadreza Shahhosseini, Morteza Karimi, Mohammadamin Rahimzadeh, Sadegh Rahimi, Alireza Bakht, Reza Sadri, Mohammad Javad Aghajani, Mohammadsaleh Mirzaei
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Javad Felfeli
Coach: Meysam Shojaeiyan, Morteza Ramezani
Team Leader:
Boccia
Athletes
Maryam Malekifalah, Neda Ghayebi, Hossein Esmaeilifazl
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Saeid Yarmohammadi
Coach: Pari Mardemeidan, Najmeh Ghayebi
Team Leader: Seyedmasoud Tabatabaeian
Para Cycling
Athletes
Behrooz Farzad, Mohammad Dalir
Technical Staff
Coach & Team Leader: Maziar Farzad
Pilot: Maziar Farzad
Goalball
Athletes
Hasan Jafari, Mohammad Parnia, Mohammad Soranji, Mahdi Abbasi, Mohammad Mansouri, Khalil Shahriarnasab
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Seyed Mohammad Bigdeli
Coach: Mehdi Nabati
Team Leader: Seyed Hasan Tabatabaei
Para Judo
Athletes
Ali Navaei, Mousa Gholami, Mahdi Borchlou, Mohammadreza
Kheirollahzadeh, Amirhossein Nimrouzi, Reza Gholami
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Khosrow Golkar
Coach: Vahid Nouri
Team Leader: Rasoul Zabetian
Men’s Para Powerlifting
Athletes
Ahmad Aminzadeh, Aliakbar Gharibshahi, Roohallah Rostami, Amir Jafari, Ali Seifi, Ali Reza Izadi, Mahdi Sayadi, Aliasghar Abareghi, Mohsen Bakhtiar
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Hossein Tavakoli
Coach: Ahmad Mollahosseini
Team Leader: Babak Mohammadi
Women’s Para Powerlifting
Athletes
Zahra Aghaei, Mahdieh Mohammadian
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Masoomeh Sadat Babaei
Coach: Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini
Shooting Para Sport
Athletes
Faezeh Ahmadi, Sareh Javanmardi, Nasrin Shahi, Mahsa Haji Mohammadi, Mohammadreza Mirshafiei, Ali Galavi
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Fathola Delfani Khan
Coach: Zeinab Aminitabar
Team Leader: Mozhgan Nasirizahed
Men’s Sitting Volleyball
Athletes
Meisam Alipour, Morteza Mehrzad, Sadegh Bigdeli, Hossein Golestani, Amirreza Mirzaei, Mahdi Babadi, Rasoul Asadi Mehr, Parsa Mohammadi, Mohammad Nemati, Hossein Derikvand, Meysam Hajibabaei, Vahid Baylari, Hamidreza Abbasi
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Hadi Rezaei
Coach: Farshid Ashouri, Mohammadreza Rahimi
Team Leader: Ali Kashfia
Women’s Sitting Volleyball
Athletes
Maryam Nazeri, Zahra Nejati, Sepideh Jamaldoust, Hadis Rezaei, Neda Panjehbashi, Mehri Fallahi, Fatemeh Abbasi, Farzaneh Heidari, Batoul Khalilzadeh, Zeynab Maleki, Zahra Lotfi, Roghayeh Shamsaddin
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Maryam Iranmanesh
Technical Advisor: Hadi Rezaei
Team Leader: Roghieh Allahkarami
Para Swimming
Athletes
Sina Zeyghaminejad, Shahin Izadyar, Abolfazl Zarifpour, Ali Motallebi, Abolfazl Malek Oladi, Mohammadhossein Karimi, Ali Rashidabadi
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Mehdi Ziaee
Coach: Saeid Sanjari, Mohsen Pajouhesh
Team Leader: Ali Reghbati
Para Table Tennis
Athlete
Hassan Janfeshan
Technical Staff
Coach & Team Leader: Keivan Ramezani
Men's Para Taekwondo
Athletes
Hamed Haghshenas, Mahdi Pourrahnama, Saeid Sadeghianpou, Mohammadtaha Hassanpour, Amirmohammad Haghighatshenas, Alireza Bakht
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Mehdi Ahmadi
Coach: Ali Karimisaber
Team Leader: Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Women's Para Taekwondo
Athletes
Ailar Jami, Maryam Abdollahpour, Zahra Rahimi, Marzieh Nasrollahi, Romina Chamsouraki, Roza Ebrahimi, Pari Mah Tourani
Technical Staff
Head Coach: Atefeh Keshavarz
Coach: Shaghayegh Khanjani
Team Leader: Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Men's Wheelchair Basketball
Athletes
Omid Hadiazhar, Mohammadhassan Sayari, Morteza Abedi, Vahid Gholamazad, Amirreza Ahmadi, Mahdi Abbasi, Erfan Bakhshandeh, Mohsen Tolouei, Mohammad Mohammad Nezhad, Addoljalil Gharanjik, Mohammdtaha Yarmohammadi, Reza Niksirat
Technical Staff
Head coach: Behrooz Soltani
Coach: Mohammadreza Dastyar, Gholamreza Nami
Team Leader: Mehrdad Agin
Women's Wheelchair Basketball
Athletes
Roghayyeh Amiri, Roghayeh Ghaziloo, Simin Mozafari, Mahsa Saadat, Nadieh Balouchi, Hasti Homayouni, Fattaneh Pourat, Fateme Molaee, Zahra Nasri, Mahdieh Rohani, Zahra Habibi, Roghayeh Salehi, Fatemeh Moradi
Technical Staff
Coach: Azar Homayoun Pour, Hassan Palar
Team Leader: Fatemeh Jalali
Wheelchair Fencing
Athletes
Sepeedeh Sohrabi, Mahdi Abedi
Technical Staff
Team Leader: Alireza Poursalmani
The fifth Asian Para Games will take place from 18 to 24 October 2026 in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan, with around 4,000 athletes expected to compete across the Games.