Parviz Hadi in the weight category of 125kg defeated Russian rival and earned a bronze medal.
The World Wrestling Championships started on October 20 and will be underway until October 28.
After defeating Poland, Belarus and Turkey, Hadi advanced to the semi-finals.
Earlier, Hassan Yazdani in 86kg weight category snatched a bronze medal.
More than 850 wrestlers from 97 nations are competing to win one of the 30 world titles in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling, the United World Wrestling (UWW) website reported.
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