| Noc: | IRI |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Atlanta |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Lida Fariman |
| Rank: | 43 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team. Wrestler Rasoul Khadem won the nation's first Olympic Games gold medal in 28 years since Mexico City 1968.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Boxing | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Judo | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Wrestling | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| width=180 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle 90 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 100 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 82 kg |
See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babak Moghimi | 63.5 kg | W 11–3 | W 16–7 | L 8–13 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Kourosh Molaei | 75 kg | L 7–24 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ayoub Pourtaghi | 81 kg | L 9–21 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Mohammad Reza Samadi | +91 kg | L | Did not advance | 17 |
See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gholamreza Mohammadi | 52 kg | W 4–0 | W 5–0 | Bye | L 0–10 | Repechage L 1–3 | 5th place match W 4–2 | 5 | |
| Mohammad Talaei | 57 kg | W 4–1 | L 3–5 | Repechage W 5–0 | Repechage W 1–0 | Repechage W 4–2 | Repechage L Fall | 5th place match L 3–4 | 6 |
| Abbas Hajkenari | 62 kg | L 0–3 | Repechage L 3–8 | Did not advance | 19 | ||||
| Akbar Fallah | 68 kg | L 2–2 | Repechage W 1–0 | Repechage W 5–0 | Repechage L 1–3 | Did not advance | 10 | ||
| Issa Momeni | 74 kg | L 0–8 | Repechage W 3–0 | Repechage L 1–4 | Did not advance | 16 | |||
| Amir Reza Khadem | 82 kg | W 3–0 | W 1–0 | Bye | L 0–4 | Repechage W 3–0 | 3rd place match W 0–0 | ||
| Rasoul Khadem | 90 kg | W 6–1 | W 4–3 | Bye | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | |||
| Abbas Jadidi | 100 kg | W 4–0 | W 4–0 | Bye | W 4–1 | L 1–1 | |||
| Ebrahim Mehraban | 130 kg | W 6–2 | L 0–3 | Repechage L 2–3 | Did not advance | 12 |