FFIRI has announced the resumption of the U23 team training. As per the FFIRI website, the team under the coaching of the Portuguese Nelo Vengada, will start a training camp from first day of July. This camp will be held for four days in the national teams training center . The players invited to camp are as follows:
Ahmad Noorallahei, Mohammad Nasiri, Mohammad Hossein Moradmand, Ali Karimi, Ehasan Pahlavan, Muhammad Amin Jehan Kord, Yusuf Vkya, Walid Mashaeizadeh, Mohammad Daneshgar, Ali Mardani, Ehsan Sokhandan, Mohammad Ali Framarzi, Farshid Ismaili, Aram Abbasi, Hojat Sedghi, Rozbeh Chashmi, Arsalan Motahari, Ali Mohsenzadeh, Arash Rezavand, Milad Kamandany, Farshad Ghasemi, Mohammad Hossein Kanani Zadegan, Morteza Agha Jan, Vahid Haydarieh, Behnam Barazy , Mehdi Mehdi Pour, Mohammadreza Akhbari, Alireza Naqizadeh, Shahin Saghebi, Hojat Haghverdi.
Sardar Azmoun , who was invited for this team several times , is not included in the list for unknown reason.
Team Melli U-23 is preparing for the Asian Games 2014 and further up the road , for the Olympic games 2016 in Rio.