ANKARA -- Taekwondo team of Iran's East Azarbaijan Province on Sunday finished fifth in an international event, Ismat Yiraz Cup, in Turkey.

Iran won four bronze medals, standing after Spain, Turkey, Morocco, and Belarus that ranked first to fourth respectively.

Experiencing its first overseas event, the provincial women's team stood 12th.

According to Roqieh Moqaddampour, public relations manager of East Azarbaijan Women's Sports Office, the three-day taekwondo tournament started in Ankara on May 30.

The women's team of Iran comprised Khadijeh Naqian, Hanieh, Moradpour, Raheleh Mousavian, and Raheleh Aqazadeh.

Leila Javidan headed the team and Niloufar Bahari was the coach.

Noureddin Faeqi, Akbar Qahremani, Farhad Narimani, Nasser Aziz Qara-Maleki, Babak Naderi, Majid Aliloo, Mahdi Ma'soumi, and Mahdi Navaei represented the country in the first to eight weight categories of men's event.

According to IRNA, Mohammadreza Pour-Asl and Reza Faraji were the head and coach respectively.

Nineteen teams took part in the tournament.