Tasnim - Iran national team football coach Carlos Queiroz announced the nation's 21-man squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

According to the Iran Football Federation, two players will be added to the list until Sunday.

The Asian Cup will kick off in Australia on January 9, with Iran playing Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE in Group C.

Iran will travel to Sydney on December 29 and train at Cromer Park on the northern beaches until January 7, when it heads to Melbourne for their opening match against Bahrain on January 11.

Goalkeepers:
Alireza Haghighi (Penafiel, POR)
Mohsen Forouzan (Esteghlal)
Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran)

Defenders:
Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal)
Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan)
Ramin Rezaeian (Rah Ahan)
Jalal Hosseini (Al Ahli, QAT)
Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal)
Morteza Pouraliganji (Naft Tehran)
Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan)
Hashem Beikzadeh (Esteghlal)

Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam (Osasuna, ESP)
Andranik Teymourian (Esteghlal)
Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal)
Vahid Amiri (Naft Tehran)

Strikers:
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (NEC Nijmegen, HOL)
Ashkan Dejagah (Al Arabi, QAT)
Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan, RUS)
Reza Ghoochannejhad (Kuwait SC, KUW)
Karim Ansarifard (Osasuna, ESP)
Masoud Shojaei (Al Shahaniya, QAT)