While weightlifting athletes move to higher weights over time, Nasiri went to a lower weight in 1973. His small stature was such that Khomeini (RA) said to me during a meeting with Persian sports champions at that time: “You are a world champion, so why are you so small?” Homeland’s always smiling pioneer in weightlifting is the owner of five world gold medals, and in terms of world medals, his record is more colorful than that of “Hossein Rezazadeh,” who has four world gold medals. Winning 22 Olympic, World, and Asian medals during his years of sports activity has made him a lasting figure in the public mind.