Masoud Kamran

Masoud Kamran
Personal information
Born (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999
Kashan, Iran
Sport
SportAthletics
Event100 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

  • in Iran athletics competition (2021.2022.2023)
  • Arak Grand Prix Championship 2021
  • National Championship in Tehran
  • of the international indoor competition in Turkey
  • Champion of the Asian tournament of Kazanov Cup in Kazakhstan[11]
  • Turkish international championship in Izmir
  • The championship of the international selection competition of the Turkish Olympic Games in Izmir
  • 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. ^ http://www.iranathletics.ir/www/pdf/637880825902818575resultsm.pdf
  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.