TEHRAN – Saeid Esmaeili of Iran won a gold medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships on Sunday.

The Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler defeated Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov 2-1 in 67kg final bout.

On his way to the final, Esmaeili defeated Sebastian Nađ of Serbia 9-0 in Round of 32. He also beat Uzbekistan’s Shermukhammad Sharibjanov 8-0 in Round of 16, Norway’s Håvard Jørgensen 8-0 in quarterfinals and Daniial Agaev (UWW) 10-0 in semifinals.

The bronze medals went to Daniial Agaev (UWW) and Slavik Galstyan (ARM).

Earlier in the day, Mohammadmehdi Keshtkar claimed a bronze medal in the 63kg.

He defeated Sergey Emelin (UWW) 6-4.

The 2025 World Wrestling Championships are being held in Zagreb, Croatia from Sept. 13 to 21.