Carlos Queiroz and his training assistants lead a group of 35 players in the latest Team Melli training gathering at Dastegrdi Stadium . east of Tehran. FFIRI has recently named a large list of players who were invited to join the latest training camps.

Persepolis and Naft Tehran players are still absent due to the AFC Champions league matches commitment , so are most of the legionnaires. It is expected that the foreign based player to trickle in as the season is coming to end for most of them. Afshin Peyrovani was seen in the camp briefly but there was no Javad Nekounam who has been recently appointed as an assistant coach. Nekounam , has retired from international football but still playing with Osasuna along with Karim Ansarifard.

Team Melli will be meeting Uzbekistan in Tashkent for a friendly game in preparation for the first FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying rounds match against Turkmenistan.