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Mohammad Reza Barari (Persian: محمدرضا براری, born 31 March 1988 in Sari, Mazandaran) is an Iranian weightlifter. He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's 105 kg, winning the bronze medal in clean and jerk. Barari won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Weightlifting championships in Uzbekistan and in an interview with Tehran Times, Barari said, "I am so happy since I made the Iranian people happy and I want to make them happy once again this time in the 2016 Summer Olympics". He finished in 6th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics.