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| IPC code | IRI |
| NPC | I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee |
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Iran first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988, at the Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea.
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| IPC code | IRI |
| NPC | I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee |
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Iran first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988, at the Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea.
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Medals by Summer Sport
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| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw 3 |
| Gold | Hadi Yarahmadi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 4 |
| Gold | Javad Abdollahzadeh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 5 |
| Gold | Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
 Silver | Ahmad Rezaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw L5 |
 Bronze | Ali Asghar Hadizadeh | Athletics | Men's shot put L5 |
| Bronze | Reza Chavoshi | Athletics | Men's discus throw 3 |
| Bronze | Hassan Samavati | Athletics | Men's discus throw A1–3/A9/L3 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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| Gold | Gholam Akhavan Ahmad Shivani Hadi Rezaei Parviz Firouzi Hassan Hashemi Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Mohammadi Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Hassan Zendehgard | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
| Silver | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Athletics | Men's shot put C6 |
| Silver | Avaz Azmoudeh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw THW4 |
| Bronze | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Athletics | Men's discus throw C7 |
This is a list of multiple gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won three or more gold medals.
| Athlete | Sport | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Ghader Modabber | Athletics | 1996–2000 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | 1988–2004 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Sareh Javanmardi | Shooting | 2012–2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Ali Kashfia | Sitting volleyball | 1988–2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Athletics | 1996–2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jalil Imeri | Sitting volleyball | 1996–2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Issa Zirahi | Sitting volleyball | 2000–2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Zahra Nemati | Archery | 2012–2020 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ali Golkar | Sitting volleyball | 1992–2004 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Parviz Firouzi | Sitting volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hadi Rezaei | Sitting volleyball | 1988–1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ali Akbar Salavatian | Sitting volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ahmad Shivani | Sitting volleyball | 1988–1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Majid Soleimani | Sitting volleyball | 1992–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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