Iranian lawmakers issued a statement praising the country’s sportspeople for their brilliant performance in the London 2012 Olympic Games, and winning various medals.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated the Iranian nation and athletes on the victory of Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian, who won the gold medal in the men’s 55-kilogram category in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian won the gold medal in the men’s 55-kg category following victory over his Azerbaijani opponent in the London 2012 Olympics.
Iranian freestyle wrestler Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi won the silver medal in the men’s 74-kilogram category at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Iran's super heavyweight Behdad Salimi won the gold medal and his compatriot Sajjad Anoushiravani pocketed the silver in the +105-kilogram category of the weightlifting competition of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Iranian taekwondo fighter Mohammad Bagheri Motamed won the silver medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games in the men's -68kg final contest.
Ehsan Haddadi won Iran's first ever Olympic medal in athletics by getting the silver in the men's discus throw competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, and also more generally known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event, celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games,