Iran Football 5-a-side Defeats Morocco
RIO (Tasnim) – Iran Football 5-a-side beat Morocco 2-0 in Pool A of the Paralympic Games.
In the match held at the Rio de Janeiro’s Centro Olimpico de Tenis, Hossein Rajabpour and Behzad Zadaliasghar scored for Iranian team.
Iran will play host Brazil on Tuesday.
The Iranian delegation has won one gold medal and three silvers so far.
Iran has participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 111 athletes in 12 sports.
The Iranian delegation finished in 11th place in the previous edition, winning 10 gold medals, seven silvers and seven bronze medals.
