Amirmohammad Haghighatshenas won the para taekwondo gold medal at the 2026 Asian Para Games. He secured the title by defeating a representative of the host country in the final. The MNA report was datelined Tehran on October 20. Gold was awarded after the championship bout. The report did not name his opponent or identify the final's weight category. It also omitted the score, the duration of the bout, and the results of his earlier rounds.