Tehran Times - Iran national football team head coach Amir Ghalenoei has called up 29 players for two matches against Turkmenistan in Group E of the Preliminary Joint Qualification - Round 2 for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027.
Team Melli are scheduled to host Turkmenistan on March 21 in Tehran and play the team five days later at the Ashgabat Stadium.
Iran sit top of the group with four points out of two matches.
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand, Payam Niazmand, Hossein Hosseini, Arsha Shakouri
Defenders:
Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mohammadhossein Kanaanizadegan, Amin Hazbavi, Saman Fallah, Ramin Rezaeian, Saleh Hardani, Milad Mohammadi, Abolfazl Jalali, Hossein Goudarzi
Midfielders:
Omid Noorafkan, Saman Ghoddos, Saeid Ezatolahi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Ali Gholizadeh, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Mehdi Limoochi, Mohammad Mohebi, Mehdi Ghaedi, Mehdi Torabi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Strikers:
Mehdi Taremi, Javad Aghaeipour, Sardar Azmoun, Mohammadreza Azadi, Saeid Saharkhizan