World Freestyle Wrestling Championships

Iran’s 92 kg freestyle wrestler, Mohammadmobin Azimi, clinched the gold medal at the U23 World Championship in Serbia, defeating his Russian rival in the final.

As Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team celebrated its commanding victory at the 2025 World Championships in Croatia, one of the nation’s greatest icons was honored abroad: Russian outlet Izvestia named Hamid Sourian the best Greco-Roman wrestler of the 21st century, cementing his place as a legend of the sport.

Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team has secured the world championship title at the 2025 Wrestling World Championships in Croatia, clinching the crown one day before the competition’s conclusion and ending an 11-year wait for global supremacy.

Iranian wrestling is on the brink of a historic milestone, as the Greco-Roman national team moves close to securing the world championship title—just days after the freestyle squad clinched its own crown at the 2025 World Championships in Croatia.

Iran’s freestyle wrestling team finally reclaimed the top of the world after a long 12-year wait, securing the team championship at the 2025 World Championships in Zagreb. The triumph, sealed even before the final day of competition, marked Iran’s sixth global crown and a resounding return to supremacy.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated Iran's national freestyle wrestling team for securing the world championship title at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb.

Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team has claimed the world championship title for the sixth time in history, ending a 12-year wait since its last global triumph.

On Monday, the third day of the 2025 World Senior Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, two of Iran’s top wrestlers, Rahman Amouzad and Amirali Azarpira, will enter the mats as the country’s final representatives.

Iran’s freestyle wrestling representative in the 125kg weight class, Amirhossein Zare, claimed the nation’s first gold medal at the World Championships after a commanding victory in the final.