Watch out now.  Defending Freestyle World Cup champions Iran are sending an absolute hammer squad to LA for the World Cup.  The lineup has 6 Senior World Medalists included along with a number of athletes with Junior World titles and medals.  

USA Wrestling sent out the following release:



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The wrestling federation of Iran has provided its lineup for the 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., June 11-12.
 
The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world.
 
The Iranian team is experienced and talented, with a World or Olympic medalist in six of the eight international weight classes.
 
The team includes 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Komeil Ghasemi at 125 kg/275 lbs. Ghasemi was second in the 2014 World Championships and the 2014 Asian champion
 
2013 World champion Hassan Rahimi is on the World Cup team at 57 kg/125 lbs. Rahimi is a four-time World medalist, with a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2011 and 2014 World Championships. He placed eighth in the 2012 Olympic Games.
 
The team features a pair of two-time World medalists, Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari at 61 kg/134 lbs. and Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi at 65 kg/145 lbs. Esmaeilpoorjouybari was second in the 2014 World Championships and third in the 2013 World Championships. Mohammadi was second in the 2014 World Championships and third in the 2015 World Championships.
 
Other past World medalists competing for Iran in Los Angeles are 2015 World silver medalist Hassan Yazdani Charati at 74 kg/163 lbs. and Alireza Karimimachiani at 86 kg/189 lbs. Yazdani and Karimimachiani were also both 2014 Junior World champions.
 
Iran placed second at the 2015 World Championships, which were held in Las Vegas, Nev., and has won the last two World Cup team titles.
 
The eight nations which will compete for the World Cup are (alphabetically) Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey and the United States. Nations were invited based upon final team standings at the 2015 World Championships.
 
Iran has drawn into Group B, and will face the United States, Azerbaijan and India.
 
The 2014 and 2015 Freestyle World Cup were also held in Los Angeles. The host United States was second at the 2015 World Cup and third at the 2014 World Cup. The USA team will feature all six 2016 Olympic team members in freestyle wrestling.
 
Attendees can purchase tickets for the popular international competition through Ticketmaster.
 
Iran Freestyle World Cup Team Roster
57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Hassan Rahimi
57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Reza Atrinagharchi
61 kg/134 lbs. – Behnam Ehsanpoor
61 kg/134 lbs. – Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari
65 kg/143 lbs. – Seyedahmad Mohammadipahnehkolaei
65 kg/143 lbs. – Meysam Nasiri
70 kg/154 lbs. – Mostafa Hosseinkhani
70 kg/154 lbs. – Saeid Dadashpoourkerikalaei
74 kg/163 lbs. – Hassan Yazdanicharati
74 kg/163 lbs. – Alireza Ghasemi
86 kg/189 lbs. – Alireza Karimimachiani
86 kg/189 lbs. – Meisam Mostafajoukar
86 kg/189 lbs. – Reza Bayat
97 kg/213 lbs. – Amir Mohammadi
97 kg/213 lbs. – Abbas Tahan
125 kg/275 lbs. – Komeil Ghasemi
125 kg/275 lbs. – Parviz Hadi Basmanj
Team Leader – Ali Bayat
Coach – Mohammad Talaei
Coach – Hossein Karimi
Coach – Amir Tavakolianhaghighi
Coach – Alireza Loresstani
Coach – Reza Layegh
Referee – Naser Foroutan
Official – Farnaz Panahizadeh
Official – Abolfazl Ansari
Official – Fardin Ghanbari
Official – Ali Jamshidi
Medical – Tooraj Malek Mohammadi
Massage Therapist – Mohammad Kavari
 
Iran World Cup bios
 
57 kg/125 lbs – Hassan Rahimi
2013 World champion… Second in 2015 World Championships… Third in 2011 & 2014 World Championship… Eighth in 2012 Olympic Games…Tenth in 2009 & 2010 World Championship… 2012 Asian champion…2012 World Military champion…2008 & 2009 Junior World champion… Second in 2008 Junior World Championships… Second in 2012 & 2013 World Cup…Third in 2009 Asian Championship…Fifth in 2007 Junior World Championship… Fifth in 2010 Asian Games… Fifth in 2012 World Cup…Seventh in 2010 Asian Championship…Ninth in 2009 World Cup… Tenth in 2011 World Cup…2012 Grand Prix of Spain champion…2009 & 2011 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Born June 15, 1989…Age 26
 



57 kg/125.5 lbs. – Reza Atrinagharchi
2016 Medved Prizes champion (Belarus)… Second in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)… 2016 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)… Third in 2015 World Military Games… Second in 2015 Dan Kolov International (Bulgaria)…. Third in 2015 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Fifth in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Seventh in 2014 Junior World Championships… Second in 2014 Junior Asian Championships… Born: August 8, 1994… Age: 21
 
61 kg/134 lbs – Behnam Ehsanpoor
2012 Junior World champion… 2015 World Team member… 2015 Asian champion… 2015 and 2016 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Second in 2016 Asian Championships… Second in 2013 World University Games…Second in 2011 Junior World Cup…Second in 2008 Cadet Asian Championship… Third in 2007 Cadet Asian Championship… Eighth in 2010 Junior World Championship…2012 Golden Grand Prix champion… Third in 2014 Ali Aliev Tournament (Russia)…Eighth in 2010 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Born February 16, 1992… Age 24
 
61 kg/134 lbs. – Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari
Second in 2014 World Championships… Third in 2013 World Championships… Seventh in 2012 Olympics... 2008 Junior World champion… 2014 and 2015 Asian champion… Second in 2015 Grand Prix of Paris (France)… 2014 Asian Games champion… 2012 Grand Prix of Spain champion… 2012 Olympic Qualification Tournament champion… Second in 2012 Asian Championships… 2010 Asian Championships champion… Third in 2010 Takhti Cup… Third in 2009 Asian Championships… 2008 Junior Asian Championships champion… Competed in 2006 Junior World Championships… 2005 Cadet Asian Championships champion… Fourth in 2004 Cadet Asian Championships… Born: August 6, 1988… Age: 27


 
65 kg/145 lbs – Sayed Ahmad Mohammadi
Second in 2014 World Championships… Third in 2015 World Championships… 2016 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)… 2014 Asian champion… Third in 2014 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland)…Third in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Seventh in 2010 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Born January 11, 1992…Age 24
 


65 kg/143 lbs. – Meysam Nasiri
2016 Asian champion… 2014 and 2016 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Ninth in 2013 and 2015 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Third in 2012 Hari Ram Grand Prix (India)… 2012 Golden Grand Prix champion (Iran)… Third in 2012 Yasar Dogu International (Turkey)… 2010 Habibi and Movahed Cup champion (Iran)… Third in 2010 Takhti Cup… Born January 6, 1989… Age: 27
 
70 kg/154 lbs. – Mostafa Hosseinkhani
2016 Asian champion… 2014 and 2016 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)…  Third in 2015 Golden Grand Prix Finals (Azerbaijan)… Seventh in 2014 Asian Games… 2014 World Team member… 2012 Hari Ram Grand Prix champion (India)… 2012 Golden Grand Prix champion (Iran)… Eighth in 2011 Olympic Test Event (England)… Ninth in 2010 and 2011 Asian Championships… Second in 2011 World Cup… 2008 and 2009 Asian Junior champion… 2006 Asian Cadet champion… Born: March 27, 1989… Age: 27
 
70 kg/154 lbs. – Saeid Dadashpoourkerikalaei
Second in 2016 Ukraine Memorial International… Second in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Eighth in 2015 Asian Championships… Second in 2015 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia)… Third in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… 2013 World Military champion… 2009 Takhti Cup champion… Third in 2007 Junior World Championships… 2007 Asian Junior champion… Born June 1, 1987… Age: 28
 
74 kg/163 lbs – Hassan Yazdani Charati
Second in 2015 World Championships… 2014 Junior World champion… Second in 2016 Grand Prix of Paris (France)… Second in 2016 Medved Prizes (Belarus)… 2015 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Fifth in 2015 Grand Prix of Paris (France)…2014 Junior Asian champion… Second in 2011 Cadet World Championships…Third in 2011 Cadet Asian Championships…Born December 28, 1994…Age 21
 


74 kg/163 lbs. – Alireza Ghasemi
Fifth in 2015 World Championships… Fifth in 2016 Grand Prix of Paris (France)… 2015 Ziolkowski Memorial champion (Poland)… Second in 2012 Golden Grand Prix (Iran)… 2001 Asian Junior champion… Born: September 24, 1989… Age 26
 
86 kg/189 lbs – Alireza Karimimachiani
Third in 2015 World Championships… 2014 Junior World champion… 2015 and 2016 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)… 2015 Stepan Sargsyan champion (Armenia)… Second in 2015 Takhti Cup (Iran)… 2013 Junior Asian champion… Second in 2011 Cadet World Championships…2010 & 2011 Cadet Asian champion… 2013 Dimitri Korkin Tournament champion (Russia)…Third in 2014 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)… Third in 2013 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Born March 21, 1994…Age 22
 


86 kg/189 lbs – Meisam Mostafa Joukar
2014 Asian champion… Third in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Second in 2007 & 2008 Asian Championship… 2014 Asian Games champion…2012 World University champion…2013, 2014 & 2015 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Third in 2012 Golden Grand Prix…Third in 2012 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)…Third in 2009 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Fifth in 2011 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Seventh in 2010 Imamali Habibi & Abdollah Movahed Cup (Iran)…Born January 29, 1985…Age 31
 
86 kg/189 lbs. – Reza Bayat
Third in 2016 Ukranian Memorial International… Second in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Third in 2012 Golden Grand Prix (Iran)… Third in 2012 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Born: September 21, 1987… Age: 28
 
97 kg/213 lbs. – Amir Mohammadi
Second in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)… 2014 Dmitry Korkin International champion (Russia)… 10th in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Second in 2011 Asian Junior Championships… Born November 14, 1991… Age: 21
 
97 kg/213 lbs. – Abbas Tahan
Fifth in 2015 World Championships… Third in 2016 Grand Prix of Paris (France)… Second in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Third in 2013 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Third in 2012 Ali Aliev Tournament (Russia)… Third in 2012 University World Championships… Third in 2012 Hari Ram Grand Prix (India)… 2012 Golden Grand Prix champion… 2011 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Fifth in 2010 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Born February 1, 1989… Age: 27
 
125 kg/275 lbs – Komeil Ghasemi
2012 Olympic bronze medalist…Second in 2014 World Championships… Second in 2011 and 2015 Asian Championship…2014 Asian champion…Tenth in 2013 World Championship… 2016 Grand Prix of Paris champion (France)… Third in 2016 Medved Prizes (Belarus)… 2007 Junior Asian champion…Third in 2008 Junior World Championship…2008 Junior Asian champion…Third in 2007 Junior World Championship…2013 Rumble on the Rails champion… 2012 Grand Prix of Spain champion…Second in 2014 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)… Second in 2012 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Second in 2009 & 2011 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Third in 2014 Takhti Cup (Iran)… Ninth in 2010 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Born February 27, 1988… Age 28
 
125 kg/275 lbs – Parviz Hadi
Ninth in 2015 World Championships… 2012 & 2013 Asian champion…2014 Asian Games champion… 2014, 2015 and 2016 Takhti Cup champion (Iran)… Second in 2012 World University Championship… Third in 2013 World University Games… Third in 2010 Takhti Cup (Iran)…Ninth in 2013 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals…Born November 16, 1987… Age 28
 
FREESTYLE WRESTLING WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
 
Saturday, June 11
Session I – Round 1 & 2 of Pools (3 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)
 
Sunday, June 12
Session II – Round 3 of Pools, 5th & 7th Place Matches (11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.)
Session III – 3rd Place Match, followed by 1st Place Match (5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)
 
General admission for both the Saturday and Sunday sessions are just $60 total or $35 for individual days. Preferred seating options are available for $85 for both Saturday and Sunday, or $55 individually.