More than 40,000 people with varying impairments are expected to attend the celebrations throughout the country.

High Governmental officials, sports figures and a number of elite athletes attending the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games will also participate.

As with the last National Paralympic Week held in 2013, attendees will also be able to experience a number of Para-sport activities.

Ali Hosseini, gold medallist in the 75 kilogram powerlifting at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, is an example for aspiring Iranians to follow ©Getty Images



The main ceremony will be held on October 12 in the indoor Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran.

There will be a special message from Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the UN on Sport for Development and Peace, delivered during the ceremony.

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