Iranian fencer Mojtaba Abedini won a bronze medal at International Fencing Federation (FIE) Russian Grand Prix.
In semi-final matches, Abedini in Sabre field was overpowered by South Korean rival and ranked third.
Iranian squad is also scheduled to attend Villa de Madrid competitions from May18-20.
The sabre or saber is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods.
Originally associated with Central-Eastern European cavalry such as the hussars, the sabre became widespread in Western Europe in the Thirty Years' War.