According to the Public Relations Department of the Weightlifting Federation; Mohammad Amin Dadvand managed to break the world junior record in the 79 kg category on the second day of the second week of the Iranian Youth League.

The 15-year-old Dadvand raised the world record by one kilogram by lifting 182 kg.

The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) republished the federation’s clip of the event on its official page, and thus the Iranian boy’s breaking of the world junior record came to the attention of the federation.