Tehran News reported on July 7 that Iranian photographers have won 23 medals and honorable mentions from the 4th Pamir International Salon of Photography in Tajikistan.

All the winning works from Iran and around the world are on display at an online gallery at the event website at Pamirexhibition.com.

According to Honaronline, the event consisted of six sections, including Open Monochrome, Open Color, Portrait, Landscape, Nature, and World in Focus.

In the Open Monochrome section, Amin Behjat won the gold medal for his photo “Tehran” and Mehdi Ashnadost won the silver medal for “Dream”.

Mirali Parandak reportedly also won the FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art) Ribbon in the section for “Hole”.

In the Portrait section, Mohammad Reza Pourian won the gold medal for “Sorrow and Woe” and Mehdi Zavvar Bagheban took the silver medal for “Outside”.

Mohammad Reza Pourian reportedly also grabbed the silver medal for his photo titled “Colorful” in the Open Color section.

According to Tehran Times, Mohammadreza Masoumi, Erfan Savadi, Kiarang Alaei, Amir Hossein Abazarian, Naser Khastar, Mahdi Zabolabbasi, Sanaz Fard Esfahani, Yasin Ghasemi Bojd, Seyed Mehdi Khamesi Hamaneh, Amin Behjat, Mohammad Reza Pourian, Faraz Ahanin, Mehdi Ashnadost, and Seyed Mojtaba Sadighi received honorable mentions in various sections.

Iranian photographer Asghar Sameti was on the jury along with jurors from Serbia and Turkiye.  They selected winners for a total of 124 awards for the event.

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia, at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Suleman, and Hindu Raj ranges.  They are among the world's highest mountains.  The Pamir Mountains lie mostly in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan.