Iran freestyle wrestling team becomes world champion again

The Iranian national freestyle wrestling team won one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals in the 8-weight category of the 2025 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia as of yesterday, Monday. This is while the competitions will go on on Tuesday and Iran has the chance to win two more gold medals as two of its players have reached the final matches.

Amirhossein Zare won the gold medal for his country in the 125kg category.

Ahmad Mohammadnejad Javan and Kamran Ghasempour, Mohammad Nokhodi, and Amirhossein Firouzpour have also won silver and bronze medals for their country as of Monday. 

Iran has two finalists in the last two weight categories: Rahman Amouzad in the 65 kg and Amirali Azarpira in the 97 kg weight category still have the chance to bag two more gold or silver medals for Iran later on Tuesday. 

The last time the national freestyle wrestling team won the championship title was in the 2013 World Championships in Budapest.

the Iranian team has won six world titles with this year’s victory.

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