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The Iranian national team is preparing to participate in the final round of the World Cup for the seventh time in its history.
The 2026 World Cup will start in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.
Iran’s national team will participate in the World Championship in Group G with the teams of Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand.
Coach Amir Kalinoui claims to lead the Iranian national team and surpass the group stage for the first time in the history of “Persian Lions”.
For the first time, the Iranian team took part in the draw held in Argentina in 1978 and was satisfied with scoring one point.
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A historic victory over the United States of America
After a 20-year absence from the international forum, the Iranian national team returned to participate in the 1998 tournament in France.
Iran was placed in the sixth group alongside Germany, Yugoslavia and the United States of America.
The Iranian national team lost to Yugoslavia and Germany while taking a historic 2-1 victory over the USA to finish third with 3 points.
He then missed the 2002 edition before returning to Germany in 2006, where he was drawn in Group D alongside Portugal, Mexico and Angola.
The Iranian national team lost to Mexico and Portugal and drew 1-1 with Angola, occupying the bottom position of the group with one point.
The subjugation of the Atlas lions and the revenge of the United States
Iran missed out on the 2010 tournament, then returned in 2014 in Brazil, but quickly crashed out of the first round after drawing with Nigeria and losing to Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 2018 match in Russia witnessed Iran’s second World Cup win in its history.
Iran were drawn in a difficult group alongside Portugal, Spain and Morocco, but started their campaign with a 1-0 win over Morocco before losing to Spain by the same scoreline to draw 1-1 with Portugal to finish third with 4 points.
In Qatar 2022, Iran’s national team was in the second group, alongside England, the United States of America and Wales.
Iran opened their campaign with a hard-fought 2-6 defeat to England before turning things around with a 2-0 win over Wales, but lost 0-1 to the USA to finish third and out of the first round.
