Previous winners
- ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 3 to 7 February, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.
The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. [1] This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in commemoration of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran. [2]
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |
| 2 |  Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 |  India | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
 Indonesia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 5 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6 |  Singapore | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 7 |  China | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
 Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 9 |  Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 10 |  Kazakhstan | 2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |||
| 11 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Vietnam | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 18 |  Armenia | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | |||||
 France | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Italy | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Pakistan | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Portugal | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||||
 United States | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 30 |  Turkmenistan | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 107 | |
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