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Iran
Key Facts
Top medal sports
(pre-2012)
Capital
Tehran
Population
75,100,000
Size
1,650,000km²
Languages
- Persian
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Salimikordasiabi wins gold medal
Behdad Salimikordasiabi wins the gold medal in the +105kg category with fellow Iranian Sajjad Anoushiravani taking silver
7 Aug 12
Rezaei wins another gold for Iran
7 Aug 12
Ghasem Rezaei adds another Olympic wrestling gold to Iran's haul in London, defeating Rustam Totrov in the -96kg final.
Noroozi wins Iran's second gold
6 Aug 12
Iran claim their second Greco gold medal in 24 hours as Omid Noroozi overcomes Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi in the 60kg group.
Iran win first Greco Olympic gold
5 Aug 12
Iran claim their first ever gold in Greco-Roman wresting as Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour wins the 55kg class.
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Iran at the Olympics
17 London 2012 ranking
51 Beijing 2008 ranking
1900 First Olympic appearance
Athletes from Iran
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One to watch Behdad Salimikordasiabi 
Weightlifting Medallist -
Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi Wrestling Medallist -
Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour Wrestling Medallist -
Ehsan Hadadi Athletics Medallist -
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Taekwondo Medallist -
Ehsan Naser Lashgari Wrestling Medallist -
Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting Medallist -
Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad Weightlifting Medallist -
Omid Haji Noroozi Wrestling Medallist -
Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling Medallist -
Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei Wrestling Medallist -
Navab Nasirshelal Weightlifting Medallist
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London 2012: Images from above the Olympic Park Photographer Jason Hawkes gives us a bird's eye view of the 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford, east London
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrestling | 3 | 1 | 2 | RANK 3 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 2 | 1 | RANK 4 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | RANK 10 |
Medal Table
| Rank | Country |
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 |
China
|
38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 |
Great Britain & N. Ireland
|
29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 17 |
Iran
(selected)
|
4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
Iran Medallists
- Bronze
Komeil Ghasemi Men's Freestyle 120kg - Bronze
Ehsan Naser Lashgari Men's Freestyle 84kg - Silver
Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi Men's Freestyle 74kg
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