Iran National Paralympic Committee secretary general Mohammad Tabe will be the country's Chef de Mission at the 2022 Asian Para Games ©Getty Images

Mohammad Tabe, secretary general of Iran's National Paralympic Committee (NPC), has been appointed Chef de Mission for the 2022 Asian Para Games.

Tabe has been given the role almost one year before the event is due to begin, the Tehran Times reports.

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony is scheduled for October 9.

Iran will head to Hangzhou on the back of a record-equalling medals haul at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Iran won 136 medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games ©Getty Images
Iran won 136 medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games ©Getty Images

Iran's 12 gold medals and 24 in total both tie previous highs.

At the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Iran won 53 gold medals and 136 in total, finishing third on the medals table for the first time.

Tabe became the NPC's full-time secretary general in August 2020, having been in the role on an acting basis since the previous month.