The main absentee is Iran’s Vahid Hashemian who will be missing the match because of injury. There are three players from Perspolis FC added to the initial squad list here on Wednesday. Ali Karimi, whom was initially expelled by IFF and overlooked by Ali Daei, is back to the National team along with Pejman Nouri and Maziar Zareh.
The full squad is as follows:
Goal Keepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Vahid Taleblou, Rahman Ahmadi
Defenders: Hadi Aghili, Jalal Hosseini, Sattar Zare, Pirouz Ghorbani, Hossein Kabi, Majeed Gholamnejad, Pejman Montazeri, Pejman Nouri.
Midfielders: Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ferydoon Zandi, Masoud Shojaee, Javad Nekounam, Andranik Teymourian, Ehsan Hajisaafi, Mehdi Karimian, Mojtaba Jabbari, Mohammad Nouri, Maziar Zareh, Ali Karimi.
Forwards: Gholamreza Rezaei, Mehdi Seydsalehi, Rasoul Khatibi, Mohammadreza Khalatbari
Iran meets North Korea in Tehran on 15 October 2008 in Tehran (kick off is 17 local Time). Iran managed a priceless 1-1 draw away to Saudi Arabia in the opening match, while North Korea have gathered 4 points from their opening two matches, and top the group.
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