Shooter Rostamian and basketball's Bahrami named Iran flagbearers for Tokyo 2020 By Michael Pavitt at the Toyoko Inn Kamata Higashi-guchi in Tokyo Sunday, 11 July 2021 Iranian shooter Hanieh Rostamian and basketball player Samad Nikkhah Bahrami have been chosen to serve as the country’s flagbearers at the delayed Olympic Games here. Iran will be among the National Olympic Committees to select two flagbearers, after the International Olympic Committee approved a move to allow one male and one female athlete from each nation to have the honour at the Opening Ceremony on July 23. The decision formed part of efforts to enhance gender equality.