Iranian athletes who can secure gold medals at the Rio 2016 will receive Golden Shoes. An Iranian footwear company, as a sponsor of Iran National Olympic Committee, will award the gold medalist a pair of Golden Shoes.

The shoes will cost between $22,000 and $28,000. Iran won four gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Three gold medals went to Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers and super heavyweight lifter Behdad Salimi snatched a gold medal.

/ Tehran times /