Mehdi Taghavi Kermani (Persian: مهدى تقوى كرمانى; born February 20, 1987, in Savadkuh) is an Iranian wrestler.

Taghavi had previously beaten Lopez at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he beat Haislan Garcia in the first round, before losing to Ramazan Şahin in the quarterfinals.

[1] As Şahin went on to the final, Taghavi took part in the bronze medal repechage where he lost to Geandry Garzón.

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