Iran at the Asian Games
Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.
The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.
Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Medals by sport
Asian Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Aquatics, Water polo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Athletics | 13 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
| Basketball | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball, 3x3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 5 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| Canoeing, Slalom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoeing, Sprint | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Chess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling, Mountain bike | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling, Road | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Cycling, Track | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Football | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Gymnastics, Artistic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| Kabaddi | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Karate | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| Kurash | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Roller sports, Inline freestyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Shooting | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Sport climbing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Taekwondo | 14 | 17 | 23 | 54 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Weightlifting | 33 | 31 | 20 | 84 |
| Wrestling | 74 | 44 | 37 | 155 |
| Wushu | 9 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| Total | 192 | 202 | 217 | 611 |
West Asian Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Athletics | 15 | 18 | 22 | 55 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Fencing | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| Football | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Karate | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| Shooting | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Tennis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Wrestling | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Total | 92 | 73 | 88 | 253 |
Multiple gold medalists
This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.Athletes in bold are still active.
| Athlete | Sport | Asian Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | 1966–1974 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ehsan Haddadi | Athletics | 2006–2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | Wrestling | 1966–1974 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reza Soukhtehsaraei | Wrestling | 1974–1990 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohammad Mousavi | Volleyball | 2010–2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohsen Mohammadseifi | Wushu | 2010–2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Houshang Kargarnejad | Weightlifting | 1970–1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Behdad Salimi | Weightlifting | 2010–2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alireza Heidari | Wrestling | 1998–2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reza Yazdani | Wrestling | 2006–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jalal Keshmiri | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Hassan Arianfard | Cycling | 1970–1974 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jasem Vishkaei | Karate | 2002–2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Akbar Shokrollahi | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ali Vali | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Saeid Marouf | Volleyball | 2010–2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Teymour Ghiasi | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | 1998–2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |