Jafari Arangeh fully lived up to his reputation as he won gold with a personal best of 197kg in his second round at the men’s under-65kg class.
Silver went to Kazakhstan’s Vladimir Nizavitin with 115kg, and Phutachat Panomkhet of the host nation took bronze with 107kg.
The third World Cup of the season continues on Friday with six women’s events scheduled - the under-41kg, 45kg, 55kg, 61kg, 67kg and 73kg and two men’s events - the under-72kg and under-80kg - before competition is set to conclude on Saturday (May 8).