Iran Name West Asian Games Squad

The main change to previous squad call-ups, is the inclusion of Vahid Taleblou.

Squad:

GK: Seyed Mehdi Rahmati, Ebrahim Mirzapour, Rahman Ahmadi, Vahid Taleblou
 
Defense: Hossein Kaebi, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghili, Mohamad Nosrati,Mojtaba Shiri, Mohsen Bengar,  Majid Gholamnejad, Satar Zareh, Ali Hamoudi, Ahmad Al Naemeh

Midfield: Ebrahim Sadeghi, Mojtaba Jabari,  Milad Zanidpour, Mohamadreza Khalatbari, Ehsan Haj Safi, Hossein Kazemi, Kianoush Rahmati, Gholamreza Rezaei,Mohamad Nouri, Hossein Ebrahimi,  Mohamad Parvin

Forward: Mohsen Khalili,  Bahman Tahmasebi, Vahid Amraei, Jalal Rafkhaei and Milad Meydavoudi,

Tournament hosts Iran, who have won all but one edition of the WAFF Championship, will take on the Palestinians on August 7 before facing AFC Asian Cup 2011 hosts Qatar four days later.


2008 WAFF Championship – Tehran, Iran

Aug 7 – Jordan v Syria; Iran v Palestine

Aug 9 – Palestine v Qatar; Syria v Oman

Aug 11 – Jordan v Oman; Qatar v Iran

Aug 13 – Semi-finals

Aug 15 – Final