Tehran, IRNA – Asian Games began in Guangzhou, China on Saturday as shooter Javad Foroughi and taekwondo player Nahid Kiani were Iran’s flagbearers.

The Iranian squad was named after Mohsen Hojaji, one of the best-known Iranian soldiers killed in the war against terrorism in Syria.

The 19th Asian Games inaugurated in the Chinese city following a speech by the country’s President Xi Jinping.  

The games were due to be held last year, but were postponed because of the pandemic.

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