According to the Russian media, the federation president Mohamed Dadkan said the federation is hoping to rope in strong teams in order to prepare the national team for this summer’s World Cup in Germany.
Branko Ivankovic’s charges have been grouped with Mexico, Portugal and Angola.
For the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers, Iran are in Group B with Korea Republic, Syria and Chinese Taipei and they open their campaign at home against Chinese Taipei on February 22.
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