IRAN

Capital: Tehran

NOC Recognition: 1947

Asian Games Debut: 1951

Iran have competed at all but three editions of the Asian Games with the country absent at Manila 1954, Jakarta 1962 and Bangkok 1978.

They are ranked fourth in the all-time medal table with only South Korea, Japan and China ahead of them.

In 1974, Iran hosted the Games for the first time and produced their best performance in Tehran by ranking second behind Japan with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.

Wrestling and weightlifting have been their most successful sports in previous Games.

Weightlifter Mohammad Nassiri has more Asian Games medals than any other Iranian athlete with four golds and one silver.

At Jakarta-Palembang 2018, Iran ranked sixth with 20 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze medals.

The country won 13 golds, 21 silvers and 20 bronze at Hangzhou 2022 to finish seventh.