Tasnim - The football friendly match planned between Iran and Japan will be held in October, it has been announced.

The match will take place on Tuesday October 13, 2015 in Tehran's Azadi Stadium.

The warm-up match will be held in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The Iranian football team, who have been drawn alongside with Turkmenistan, Oman, India and Guam in the competition, also played a friendly with Uzbekistan on June 11 and defeated the team 1-0.