Masoud Kamran

Masoud Kamran
Personal information
Born (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
100 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests7.89 s NR

Masoud Kamran (Persian: مسعود کامران; born 16 October 1999) is an Iranian athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles.[1][2] He has won the gold medal in the 2022 Iranian Athletics Championships.[3]

Sporting career

Masoud Kamran gained his first international experience in 2022 when he finished fifth in the 100 metres hurdles at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya in 13.74 s.[4][5] The following year, he was disqualified in the first round of the 60 m hurdles at the Asian Indoor Championships in Astana and in 2024 he missed the final at the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran with a time of 7.89 s.[6][7]

In 2021 and 2022, Kamran became Iranian champion in the 110-meter hurdles.[8][9][10]

International competitions

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) in Iran athletics competition (2021.2022.2023)
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Arak Grand Prix Championship 2021
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) National Championship in Tehran
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) of the international indoor competition in Turkey
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion of the Asian tournament of Kazanov Cup in Kazakhstan[11]
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Turkish international championship in Izmir
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) The championship of the international selection competition of the Turkish Olympic Games in Izmir
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Basra West Iraq Asian Championship

Allegations of sexual assault

In June 2025, Masoud Kamran and Amir Moradi, the coach of the Iranian national athletics team, along with a national athlete named Hossein Rasouli, were arrested during the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on charges of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old Korean woman. According to reports, the three men met the woman at a bar, took her to a hotel near the athletes' village, and allegedly assaulted her. South Korean police arrested them at the scene following the complaint. The investigation is ongoing.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "مسعود کامران در رقابت مادهٔ ۱۱۰ متر مانع طلایی شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ↑ ایران, عصر. "مسعود کامران با اقتدار قهرمان ۱۱۰ متر بامانع غرب آسیا شد". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ↑ "مسابقات دو و میدانی بزرگساالن کشور(آقایان)22و23اردیبهشت ماه1401-خرم آباد" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-09-05.
  4. ↑ ایران, عصر. "مسعود کامران با اقتدار قهرمان ۱۱۰ متر با مانع غرب آسیا شد". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  5. ↑ "دوومیدانی بین المللی ترکیه؛ مسعود کامران قهرمان ماده ۱۱۰متر با مانع شد" (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  6. ↑ "مسعود کامران مرد برنزی ایران در قزاقستان شد". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  7. ↑ "مسعود کامران قهرمان ماده ۱۱۰متر با مانع شد". www.iranathletics.ir. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  8. ↑ "مسعود کامران در رقابت ماده ۱۱۰متر مانع طلایی شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  9. ↑ "۵ مدال دوندگان ایران در روز دوم مسابقات قزاقستان/ نایب قهرمانی مریم طوسی در ۲۰۰ متر". ایسنا (in Persian). 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  10. ↑ "دوومیدانی بین المللی ترکیه؛ مسعود کامران قهرمان ماده ۱۱۰متر با مانع شد". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  11. ↑ جوان‌آنلاين. "۱۰ مدال حاصل کار دوومیدانی کاران ایران در جام کازانف قزاقستان". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  12. ↑ "Sexual scandal involving Iran's national athletics team in South Korea". Rouydad24.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2 June 2025.