Iran sends strong team to 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., June 11-12.

Iran sends strong team to 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., June 11-12.

The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world.

The Iranian team is experienced and talented, with a World or Olympic medalist in six of the eight international weight classes. Iran has won four recent titles in World Cup seeking to fifth.

Iran competes against USA, India and Azerbaijan in group B.

Iran Freestyle World Cup Team

57 kg: Hassan Rahimi - Reza Atri

61 kg: Behnam Ehsanpoor - Masoud Esmaeilpoor

65 kg: Seyed ahmad Mohammadi - Meysam Nasiri

70 kg: Mostafa Hosseinkhani - Saeid Dadashpoour

74 kg: Hassan Yazdani - Alireza Ghasemi

86 kg: Alireza Karimi - Reza Bayat

97 kg: Amir Mohammadi - Abbas Tahan

125 kg: Komeil Ghasemi - Parviz Hadi