IFF has announced that two friendly matches has been finalized on Tuesday , 4th August against Syria and Tuesday 9th October against North Korea ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualification matches with Lebanon and Korea Republic.

Team Melli will be hosting these two matches in Azadi stadium.

These two matches willl be good tests for Team Melli facing two crucial matches. The friendly against Syria will act as a good test run for the Lebanon match as both the teams play similar style of football.

North Korea , always a difficult opponent to beat and a solid defnsive team will be a real test juat ahead of the defiiong match against South Korea. The North Koreans have never beaten Iran , but they have never been easy opponents either in the 21 matches that have been played between the two nations.

Iran last met North Korea in the group stages of the Asian Cup 2011 in Doha , Qatar and managed to defeat the Koreans by a solitary goal scored by Karim Ansarifard.