Nouri was able to obtain a license to participate in the 2017 World Wrestling Championship by beating his rivals in the selection tests of the Iranian team.

He won the first World Cup 7-5 against Ividas Stankovicius of Lithuania, and then finished third in Estonia with a score of 3-1 at Eric Ops, fifth in Europe, to reach the quarter-finals.

At this stage, Nouri competed against Victor Lawrence, the 2014 world bronze medalist, the 2017 European champion and the fifth person of the Rio 2016 Olympics from Hungary, and won 6-4 and reached the semifinals.

At the 2018 Asian Games in Incheon, Nouri defeated Turkmenistan's Shihaz Avilikov 3-4 and Yemen's Mohammad Al-Quhali 8-0 to compete for the gold medal, with Rustam Asakalov of Uzbekistan competing for the gold medal.

Nouri competed in the 87 kg category on April 27, 2019 as part of the Asian Championships.