Saeed Esmaili and Alireza Mehdi advanced to the semi-finals of the World Wrestling Championships by defeating their opponents. Esmaili defeated his Kazakh opponent 7-2 after three strong victories at 67 kg. Mehmedy, weighing 87 kg, after three victories, passed the barrier of the Ukrainian opponent with a score of 8:5 and reached the semi-finals. On the other hand, Muhammad Mehdi Kashtakar in 63 kg lost 8-1 against the Bulgarian opponent after defeating the representative of Finland 9-0.