Iran at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Although the Iranian national committee had qualified one athlete in parasnowboarding at the end of the 2024-2025 season,^[1] he withdrew; Iran then received a wild card invitation to field at least one male cross-country skier,^[2] nominating Abolfazl Khatibi Mianaei, already a participant in the Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.^[3]

However hours ahead of the opening ceremony, Iran withdrew its sole athlete who is unable to travel to Italy due to unsafe travel conditions from the United States and Israel attack on Iran.^[3]

Mianaei was expected to compete at the men's standing sprint classic on 10 March and the men's standing 10km interval-start classic on the following day.^[4]

• Iran at the Paralympics
• Iran at the 2026 Winter Olympics