PFDC - TEHRAN, Iran boss Afshin Ghotbi called up 26 players fort he three-nation tournament (August 26 – 31) in Bahrain next week.

Hosts Bahrain and Kenya will kick-off the tourney on Wednesday, Iran will play Kenya and Bahrain on Friday August 28 and Monday August 31 respectively.

Ghotbi already announced a squad without major surprises midweek.

The IPL players will be summoned to a camp this weekend, the foreign based players will join the rest of the team in Bahrain, however, it seems a bit doubtful the three European based players will be willing and allowed to join the national team despite league action going on.

Below comes the squad:

Goalkeepers: Seyed Mehdi Rahmati, Vahid Talebloo, Rahman Ahmadi, Misagh Memarzadeh

Defenders: Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghili, Mohammad Nosrati, Hossein Kaebi, Alireza Mohammad, Hassan Ashjari, Pejman Nouri

Midfielders: Javad Nekounam*, Andranik Teymourian*, Farzad Ashoubi, Hossein Kazemi, Ferydoon Zandi, Mojtaba Jabbari, Iman Mobali, Khosro Heydari, Ehsan Hajsafi, Mehrzad Madanchi

Strikers: Masoud Shojaei*, Arash Borhani, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari, Hadi Norouzi, Mojtaba Zarei

* Unlikely to join due to club commitements

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