Javad Nekounam and Masoud Shojaei of Osasuna and Vahid Hashemian of Vfl Bochum were granted to stay with their clubs instead of travelling to Iran to play against the Asian minors.
Mehdi Mahdavikia (Eintracht Frankfurt), Andranik Teymourian (Fulham FC) and Ferydoon Zandi (Alki Larnaca) had not been invited from the beginning. While the first had been allowed to join his club's training camp, the latter two just recently recovered from injuries.
UAE based Mehrzad Madanchi will be the only legionnaire present for the match.
Iran's roster for Singapore:
Goalkeepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Vahid Talebloo, Rahman Ahmadi
Defenders: Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghili, Mohsen Bengar, Pirouz Ghorbani, Hossein Kaebi, Majid Gholamnejad, Sattar Zare, Hassan Ashjari
Midfielders: Maziar Zare, Kianoush Rahmati, Karim Bagheri, Mohammad Nouri, Meysam Baou, Khosro Heydari, Mohammadreza Khalatbari, Ehsan Hajsafi, Mehrzad Madanchi
Strikers: Gholamreza Rezaei, Mehdi Seyed Salahi, Arash Borhan