Garcia triumphed in the Japanese capital when the event was a 75kg competition, but Pourrahnama avenged his defeat in Istanbul.

Pourrahnama earned a 3-0 victory in the final to be crowned world champion.

Hamed Haghshenas secured Iran’s second title of the day, triumphing in the K44 over-80kg division.

Haghshenas’ contest with Croatia’s Ivan Mikulic ended level at 5-5, but the Iranian was confirmed as the winner after an additional period.

Mahtab Nabavi received another gold medal for Iran in Women’s World Para Taekwondo Championships.

The event will offer athletes major rankings points in their bids to qualify for Paris 2024.

The competition brought 264 athletes from 41 nations together in Istanbul, Turkey.

Russia won the first title and Kazakhstan ranked third following Iran.

Mahdi Pourrahnama named the most technical athlete of the event.

Due to travel restrictions related to COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, at least four teams namely, Afghanistan, Ghana, Japan, and Morocco withdrew from the competition.