According to the Tehran Times, Team Melli will now be the first to sit in the group with 20 points and will meet in Qatar on June 5th at Lusail Stadium in Doha.
They hosted the Korean team in Tehran five days later, which will be their final fixture in the third round of FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Iran has already secured their position at the 2026 World Cup.
squad
Goalkeeper:
Alireza Beiranvand (tractor), Payam Niazmand (Persepolis), Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Mohammad Khalifeh (aluminum)
Defender:
Ali Nemati (Fukarod), Shoja Khalilzadeh (tractor), Mohammadamine Hazbabi (Sepahan), Saleha Hadani (Estegral), Omid Nurafkan (Maravan), Mirad Mohammadi (Persepolis), Sadegu Moharami (Dynamo Zagreb) (Persepolis), aref aghasi (tractor)
Midfielder:
Saeid Ezatollahi (Shabab al Ahli), Mohammad Karimi (Sepahan), Mohammad Ghorbani (Orenburg), Saman Ghoddos (Al Ittihad Kalba), Mohammad Mohebbi (Rostov), Mehdi ghaedi (Al ittihad kalbadi), Mehdi hashedi (Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Mohammad Razzaghnia (Gol Gohar), Aria Yousefi (Sepahan)
striker:
Mehdi Taremi (Inter Milan), Shahriar Moghanlou (Al Ittihad Kalba), Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (Dinamo Makhachkala), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor), Ali Alipour (Pesepolis)
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