The International Paralympic Committee have banned Iranian shot putter Ahmad Ostavarian for four years after testing positive for drugs ©IPC

A shot putter from Iran has been suspended for four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after failing a test for banned performance-enhancing drugs. 

Ahmad Ostavarian tested positive for two anabolic steroids, metandienone and trenbolone, after finishing fifth in the F37 event at the  7th FAZZA Athletics Championships in Dubai, part of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix, in February. 

Both substances are prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency 2015 prohibited list. 

Official result sheet of the shot put from the 7th FAZZA Athletics Championships in Dubai with Ahmad Ostavarian finishing fifth - a result that will now be annulled
Official result sheet of the shot put from the 7th FAZZA Athletics Championships in Dubai with Ahmad Ostavarian finishing fifth - a result that will now be annulled ©Dubai Club for the Disabled

Ostavarian will be ineligible from competition for four years from April 10, 2015, the date he was notified and provisionally suspended, until April 9, 2019. 

Metandienone is better known as dianabol and used to be popular with athletes in both the United States and Europe before new detection methods made it relatively easy to find. 

Trenbolone is an anabolic steroid used on livestock to increase muscle growth and appetite.