He started the men’s Greco-Roman 77Kg with a 9-3 win over South Korea’s Hyeonwoo Kim and then defeated Uzbekistan’s Dilshod Omongeldiyev in the quarterfinal and China’s Rui Liu in the semifinal.
Kaviyaninejad was defeated against Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov in the final bout.
Earlier, Danial Sohrabi defeated Chinese wrestler Lei Li to win the bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman 67kg.
With more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories, the Asian Games has more participants than the Olympics.
Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.
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