Iran's Olympic team at the London 2012 Games - in pictures

Iran's flagbearer Ali Mazaheri leads his delegation during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games in the Olympic Stadium in Stratford Photograph: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images

Members of Iran's delegation parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Olympic Stadium in Stratford Photograph: OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images

Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei takes aim during the men's individual archery at the Lord's cricket ground Photograph: SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS

Mahlagha Jambozorg prepares to shoot during qualifiers for the women's 10-metre air rifle event Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Elaheh Ahmadi reacts at the end of the women's 10-metre air rifle final Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Mehdi Toloutibandpi of Iran kneels to the canvas in prayer after his victory over Jonathan Alonso Flete of Spain in their first round light-welterwight (64kg) boxing match at the ExCel Arena Photograph: JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Toloutibandpi won the bout by 16-12 points Photograph: JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Rower Mohsen Shadi Naghadeh competes in the men's single sculls quarterfinals at Eton Dorney Photograph: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images

Ehsan Rouzbahani reacts after defeating Colombia's Jeysson Monroy Varela in a light heavyweight 81-kg preliminary boxing match Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Archer Zahra Dehghanabnavi takes aim during the women's individual round of 32 eliminations at the Lord's Photograph: SUHAIB SALEM/REUTERS

Noshad Alamiyan returns a shot to Timo Boll of Germany during a table tennis men's single round match at the Excel centre Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Soulmaz Abbasiazad waits for the start of her women's single sculls quarter-final of the rowing event Photograph: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images

Abbasiazad competes in the women's single sculls Photograph: FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images

Mojtaba Abedini (left) in action against Florin Zalomir of Romania during their men's sabre individual fencing competition Photograph: SERGEI ILNITSKY/EPA

Neda Shahsavari of Iran (R) during her Women's Single Preliminary Round match against Olufunke Oshonaike of Nigeria the London 2012 Olympic Games Table Tennis competition, London Photograph: BERND THISSEN/EPA

Zahra Dehghanabnavi prepares to shoot an arrow during the ranking round of the women's archery individual event Photograph: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images