Iran crowned champion at 2026 China International Mathematics Competition
Iran's national mathematics Olympiad team has been crowned champion of the fourth International Mathematics Competition of Shanghai (IMSC 2026), delivering an outstanding performance against some of the world's strongest young mathematicians.
The Iranian team secured first place among 49 participating teams after winning four gold medals and two silver medals, finishing ahead of Poland and Brazil in the overall team standings.
The championship-winning team consisted of Aryan Zandi, Arsha Azizoddin, Seyed Amirhossein Tayeb, Alireza Sharifi, Radin Nik Eghbali, and Ali Joonbakhsh Najafabadi.
The latest triumph adds to a series of strong international performances by Iranian students in recent years.
At the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2025) in Australia, Iran finished 12th overall after winning two gold, three silver, and one bronze medal, improving significantly from 19th place in the previous year's competition.
Iran also delivered an impressive performance at the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2025) in France, where its national team won five medals and secured 11th place among 94 participating countries.
At the 36th International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2025), held in the Philippines, Iranian students earned four medals—three gold and one silver—placing the country second overall among 81 participating nations and 298 contestants.
The result marked an improvement from IBO 2024 in Kazakhstan, where Iran finished third with two gold and two silver medals. The achievements come amid growing enthusiasm for scientific Olympiads across the country.
According to Reza Hosseini, head of Iran's Young Scholars Club, participation in the nation's scientific Olympiad competitions has increased by 40 percent year-on-year, with the number of students rising from 87,000 in the Iranian year 1403 (March 2024–March 2025) to 121,000 in the Iranian year 1404 (March 2025–March 2026).
Hosseini described the figure as the highest level of participation in the past decade, attributing the surge to increasing interest among Iranian students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
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