World Cup Team Profile: IRAN

Featuring interviews with Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad and coach Carlos Queiroz, this preview looks at the Iran's FIFA World Cup history (2:25) and what to expect from the talented Iranians (9:37) in Group F against Nigeria, Argentina and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[@dubbinful]

Good luck Iran!! from England!

[@AmirArProductions]

Thanks brother

[@alikarimi2734]

England has a hard group and a young team I hope you go through at least the first round good luck.

[@greyraven2973]

tnx mate,im gonna cheer Iran and England together.

[@therealgiannis3117]

Come on England! Comon England! you got sterling and co. son u can do it!

[@BAmirali]

Thanks!🇮🇷🇬🇧

[@albertogarcia9250]

I'm not an iranian, i'm mexican but i really enjoyed when iran beat USA in the world cup 98.

[@albertogarcia9250]

+A Fire Inside Or when Mexico beat USA many many many many... and many times, for example in Concacaf Cup 2015.

[@albertogarcia9250]

+A Fire Inside Actually, Mexico won a confederations cup in 1999 (against Brazil by the way), also won a gold medal (again, against Brazil by the way) at the olympics in London 2012, and also Mexico won the FIFA U-17 World cup twice in 2005, can you guess? yes, it's Brazil, and in 2011 against Uruguay. Curiosly neither of these occasions Mexico win by penalties. Mexico won all that i mentioned, just like the US, oohhh wait, no, that's not true, you are not, that's so sad, so i think you should cry over Klinsmann.

[@BasqueNYC]

+A Fire Inside no matter how many wins that's the biggest game and to lose after winning Aganist the US so many times was completely humiliation.But I love the Mexican team I'm always bummed out cause every cup I really think "ok this time it happening" sadly they keep getting rammed up Aganist tough teams like Holland!.I still think Mexico has got it and as the world of Futbol changing with the emergence of Asian countries and CONCACAF region

[@albertogarcia9250]

+A Fire Inside do not forget that the US also competes in the concacaf and sometimes they are kicked their asses by teams like Jamaica and Costa Rica, if you think that mexico is a shitty team you should see how your team plays. And yes, Mexico can't reach yet the quaterfinals, but people all over the world make good reviews about how mexico plays, which is not the case for the US, by the way the US algo gets humiliated every world cup. And yes the US have won many golden medals, but guess what, where are talking about football, so nobody cares.

[@albertogarcia9250]

+A Fire Inside look, if you are not a fan, then why you started the discussion in first place? and about your question, Mexico has won golden medals in other sports like tae kwon do, march, diving, weightlifting, etc. Look, if you continue with this, is because you have not read the comment i put above after so many political comments i read. If you read what i wrote above you will realize the true meaning of what i think, and that goes beyond football.

[@Icebears4ever]

Best of luck to Iran! Respect from Sweden.

[@pb9331]

I would have loved to see Sweden in the world cup! Ibra really deserves to be there

[@Icebears4ever]

TheGreat Cyrus Yeah, I really thought Sweden had it, they had a hard qualification group but then Portugal came...

[@yeepesare]

TheGreat Cyrus I am a staunch supporter of the football team and Ibrahimovic of Sweden.'m From Iran

[@PauloRicardoPereiraTina]

Icebears4ever yeah Portuguallll :P sorry Sweden.

[@BAmirali]

Thanks!🇮🇷🇸🇪

[@noke780]

hello from bosnia ,wish you good luck on world cup

[@alexanderstrau4135]

Thanks man. I wish your team also good luck :) That's what football should be about: Respect!

[@noke780]

Alexander Strauß respect bro..i think bosnia and iran are gonna play for second place in a group,nigeria has no chance

[@channel3310]

noke$$$ Yeah dream on lol......Regardless, best of luck to all.

[@cindeler]

noke$$$ Nigeria has no chance? lol that's funny but lets wait and see. good luck to you though

[@therealgiannis3117]

noke$$$ Ade Dee Salim Slim Loving the banter Respect from Iran to Nigeria, Bosnia and Argentina… may the best two make it through… privilege to be in such a tight group if u ask me

[@AhmadrezaElNino]

GO IRAN , VIVA IRAN

[@GrandmasterTigerfist]

Support to Iranian team, From India

[@BAmirali]

Thanks!🇮🇷🇮🇳

[@richyrich356]

As a korean, i'll cheer for you guys. You guys deserved to qualify :D

[@karz12]

an yang ha seo :)

[@sam250505]

same for us with Korea. Good luck!

[@moeinboustan3283]

we appreciate it :)

[@therealgiannis3117]

Thank you!! Asian Football has to progress, both Korea and Japan have been able to take huge strides on the Global stage I hope they continue with their progression and I hope Iran follows suit :).

[@ashkanDOD]

thx

[@MacWoodNonyelum2]

Goodluck IRAN, from Nigeria

[@moluccagrey9697]

As a Pakistani, I can say that Pakistan will be supporting Iran more than the others. Good luck Iran! Inshallah go far.

[@moluccagrey9697]

Leo Messiah Well my great grandparents are from Masshad so I have Iranain ancestry (but classify myself as 100% Pakistani) so that's why is support them. Plus its just that we have a favourable view of our neighbour..

[@rkt2583]

Sepehr Javaheri, I am a proud Muslim, but I see where you are coming from. lot of Muslim would rather choose to live under democratic rule rather than Islamic rule.

[@ArchangelMichael1991]

doesn't matter where we're all from - good luck and all the best, Iran :D

[@payman035]

I proud to be IRANIAN! Hope to achieve the Best result at incoming World cup!

[@nfjhdgamer4214]

Good luck Iran from England!

[@USASPORTSCARDS]

I've kinda given up on raising awareness that we are ethnic Persians/Iranians , not Arabic people. What are the camels and Arabic music in the background for man? We have donkeys and horses naturally in Iran not camels. Iran is not a desert either.. Man. Anyways, GO IRAN! If we win a game In this maybe people will actually know who we are!

[@rzkgb4146]

@ Derek Deso. You are idiot. Keep repeating your stupid one liner over and over. Only less than 1/6 of Iranian territory is desert. Iran is mostly mountainous country. Only Arab countries are vastly desert. The video shows how the director of this video is informed. 1. using Arabic music 2. showing desert and 3. Camels! It is obvious they just thought all west Asians are Arabs.

[@arasharyan5720]

Derek deso shut up poor jealous saudi desert dog

[@ArshiaS1381]

Derek Deso There are many forms of deserts, and no it is not 90%, it’s 9% rainforest, 45% arid plains, 28% desert and 18% hill/mountainous terrain

[@GurpreetSingh-vf7so]

I hope Iran will come far because a good friend of mine is from Iran.

[@bouseski]

Hello from the USA!

[@GreciaCalderon10]

I can't wait to see their football in the World Cup. :D Best of luck for you guys!

[@DjayMun]

I respect the Iranian soccer team. Sure our nations have bitter feelings against each other but every iran and korea match is definitely worth watching. Iran brings their own unique style of soccer for asia. Its disappointing to see their past performances in the world cup. I wish you guys the best

[@tafaemachimbiz6276]

Itz amazing how football united the Iranians together to celebrate after the qualification, wish u all the best

[@sijopavunny651]

I am an Indian....best of luck brothers.......

[@ceeceerhynes6482]

I'm american and I love Iran

[@le1urker]

GO IRAN!, from Canada =D

[@TopRameen13]

Arabic music, camels, and two big thumbs up...come on FIFA.

[@Fravahar]

somebody should have told the director of this Clip that we iranians are not arab and the Name of our Country was always IRAAN since over 2500 years, we always called our Country IRAN

[@miladroygari]

If you're talking about the narration in 1:40 , he said "Arid country" not arab! and we were indeed being called Persia internationally before 1935.

[@Fravahar]

Bagg10 ist about the Music fuddy and the way it showed our Country

[@Fravahar]

Milad roygari hey Buddy dont mess with me, if you are IRANIAN you know that our Country has been always called IRAN by us iranians, so the Name of our Country always have been Iran, so what some People called us it doesnt matter! THE NAME OF OUR COUNTYR has been always IRAN ! I SUggEST you should take a loon on SHAHNAMEH ferdosi

[@miladroygari]

Khosro Fravahar Come onnnn man, Its really not that big of a deal! Its like the way we call Germany "Almaan". let's just focus on football and wish the best for our team

[@antifapers]

the name "iran" means "land of the aryans". it dates back to 1935, when the Nazis had a particularly strong influence in shaping of the "iranian" national consciousness.

[@oritebuddy]

So unlucky and heartbreaking against Argentina. Iran played so well.

[@35pri2ish]

im Indian and i am so proud of Iran!! I was rooting for them !! i hope they know they were excellent :)

[@PersianSelection]

1/6 of Irans land is deserts and only 10% pure deserts, as opposed to Saudi Arabia, which is 95% deserts....add to that the camel & that music, which means the producer clearly confused the countries or didnt do any proper research.

[@derekdeso9378]

Iran's landscape is 90% desert and 10% mountains dumbass

[@rzkgb4146]

@Derek Deso. Are you uneducated or stupid? Iran is not a desert country. Saudi Arabia is land of desert and camel. We have horses and donkey and mountains. Typical idiot mistaking Iran and Iranians for Middle East and Arabs.

[@dirtydragonsmc8396]

I want iran todo great as im a shia from Kuwait and my family is originally from iran and my grandmothers Iranian plus javad nekounam plays in Kuwait too! CMON IRAN

[@keonmordi]

All hail the mighty Queiroz and his amazing scouting abilities!!

[@nymabakhshayesh493]

Could have used a better song to portray the country more accurately but other than that, good video. Thanks. Eyval Iran!

[@Arminesta]

The Arabic music in the background was the weakness point of this Video, The director should have used Iranian music instead.

[@SHEIKHMODEEN]

i wish turkey would be in the world cup too cause a good friend of mine is turkish!

[@SoheilBYT]

I really don't know why every one is thinking that iran is an arab country. Iranians are not arab the are PERSIAN.

[@584emad]

viva iran

[@tabs2468]

Amazing video! I look forward to watching Iran in the world cup! Viva Iran/Persia!

[@tonebeatz24]

This is great for Asian Football (Soccer. Great to see Asian Football (Soccer progressing. Iran looks like a good young team. Iran, South Korea and Australia have put Football (Soccer on the map for Asia. 3 best top Asian national teams. Good Luck..xx:))

[@subsrebel4]

As a Pakistani I will be cheering up for our great neighbour Iran. Good Luck Iran:)

[@fm0325]

IRAN ALL THE WAY 💚💚❤️❤️ MUCH LOVE FROM A KASHMIRI

[@salimofficiel5135]

i willbe visit#iran from algeria #AMAZIGH

[@ahmad_sadri]

I think Iran has a very good chance to get 5-6 points and qualify for the Round of 16!!

[@brassmatrass4795]

Good luck to you guys. Its refreshing to see also a few exotic teams on the World Cup.

[@08011899]

Bring it on, Team Melli! ❤️

[@ASoEn1]

you are right!

[@DaNiIbrahimovic]

Nice Clip But Iran Is Not Arab

[@alessandrobobobo9349]

Go iran goo

[@ariaroudbari7851]

arabic music???? desert????

[@Jey7474]

bekhoda oskolan

[@ariaroudbari7851]

Ariyan Hozouri true story

[@rxflection8185]

lol yea Actually egen they call it Iran they take it same as iraq lol i call My home land Persians.

[@johntheone6164]

Kinda sad that they mix us with Arabs

[@AlirezaMehdizadeh]

What a shame

[@theoliver2244]

iran will play much better 2018 ! GO IRAN

[@MRHAPPY3210]

I wish Iran all the best at the World Cup

[@seanpersi]

Go IRAN go!

[@MrAmin111gh]

We are in a relatively difficult group. Qualifying to the next round is absolutely hard but I'm sure our players will put up a good fight. Overall it is a great opportunity. So much to learn from world cup.

[@Funnyguy416]

I have $500 on Iran getting past the group Lets go Iran!!!!

[@alvojnikovic2171]

You just lost $500 mate :/

[@andrewwhite8122]

Yikes. Either a ballsy move or really dumb. Best of luck from the USA..

[@alvojnikovic2171]

haha, a bit of both

[@saharhazaie2701]

Andrew White wouldnt be too concerned about US when they can barely defeat mexico or azerbaijan.

[@b.j.handcock1308]

Iran won't get by. Their best player, Ali Karimi, was dropped. Iran's defense is going to take the weight of the game and teams in Iran's group will wreck them. This coach doesn't know how to build a winning team, he only drops the best players.

[@samanshafigh]

I hope all Asian teams will have a good result. Best from IRAN

[@Persian_Podcasts]

The #1 African team (Nigeria) playing against the #1 Asian team(

[@E_99LDN]

I'm not into football but because my home country is playing is the World Cup im watching go Iran! Mibarim! :)

[@niku10]

good luck to iran

[@Jey7474]

Words can begin the express how proud I am Team Melli eshghin

[@mani6721]

NICE VIDEO BUT WHY ARABIC MUSIC ???

[@yeepesare]

Why Arabic song? Why a camel? Director poor

[@yeepesare]

This is wrong. Searching and watch ویزا سامبا ایران

[@zahan5683]

Thank you FIFA TV

[@JD_Traveling]

Wauw, just..wauw. Hope you guys reach the next round

[@ΣταύροςΚαραβάρης-κ8ζ]

Greetings to our cultural brothers. I wish you the best!

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Iranians ARE NOT arabs :/

[@rasmussullivan6327]

+SargarmiBazar Actually it's officially called Farsi

[@sauratanar]

+Ranjan Biswas Exactly

[@rasoulkailani8345]

Some are actually. But only 2%.

[@Achaemenid_Empire2500]

98 % are Aryans

[@eshseyd4716]

He said arid country not arab

[@pedramrazavi8466]

Why Arabic music?

[@David-ms6si]

dont expect iran to advance any further than group stage but do surprise us. put up a good fight. see u guys in a month.

[@AC6PILOT]

Being from a country that has always had strong/decent teams and qualified for many of the World Cups and even won 2, it makes me sad that they rarely have this chance. Good Luck.

[@jahangirsafiyari6092]

we all pray for iran to show their good play.

[@selmirmuseljic3465]

good luck from bosnia

[@PlaystationProduction]

Good luck neighbour

[@ejpollo1]

Hope iran can do something great, that "gucci" guy looka dangerous!

[@sasan37]

It's obvious that whoever made this video didn't do much research. The Arabic music and the camel don't even belong in this video. Even though Iran has deserts and some camels, camels don't come to mind when talking about Iran.

[@Persian771]

That's not good video it doesn't have good intro for Iran.shows lack of knowledge about that county.

[@eldictator1]

Great thing about the world cup is lesser known sporting nations can take centre stage in the worlds largest sporting event and have a chance against larger/stronger countries

[@kooshasepehri5258]

Love the new coach. The main flaw I saw when I watch Iran's plays was that they did way to much pointless long passes. I believe in them now. Lets go Iran!!

[@alijafer7983]

WE CAN GO TO 1/16 BECAUSE WE ARE IRAN ! GO ASKHAN GO IRAN

[@shawn2426]

Iran will advance! 2014 World Cup, Make us proud Carlos Queiroz!!!

[@nedamora]

go iran :D yeaaay (Y) viva iran

[@djpersiaa5995]

We can do it!

[@LegendFeed]

iran!

[@gehtdichnixan7268]

Yooooooooooooooooo iran :D

[@alihabibi2985]

Out of all the team profiles to messup.... Iran's had to be the one. To be honest Iran has a lot of forest. Camels aren't even native to iran.

[@shervinnasrin]

I'm upset that they confused Iran with an arab country But oh well.. Goooo Iraaan :D

[@Nikpendar_TV]

awesome...and now, who is going to bet on my beloved country Iran, I am telling you,, we are better than the impression that you have got out the clip...new stars are coming......

[@imangolestannejad1792]

just iran

[@payothemayo138]

I am Iranian remembering this moment

[@EdDy4RheelZ]

Korea plays tomorrow, which I know they're gonna get eliminated as well. This is embarrassing. All Asian countries are eliminated. But of all Asian countries, I have to say, Iran did the best by showing that they fought well against Argentina. Good to see that Carlos Queiroz massively improved Iranian team. Hope Iran well in future as they now know the potential they can have from bringing Iranian players abroad.

[@jasminetoosi6536]

this was a good video aside from the little checks in between the segments, iran is not a desert... and that music.... i wonder if they did any research haha ill be cheering anyways

[@kiarashheidari9228]

viva iran forever young

[@666Octagon]

IRAAAN

[@358pops]

good luck iran!

[@Raven-3X]

Respect Persia!

[@arianabedintash6233]

We will go to the 2nd round...we are honor of persia

[@shahabmosavy3773]

Goooooooooo iran please goooooooooooooooo

[@alessandrobobobo9349]

Iran iran ehi ehi IRAAN IRAAN ehi ehi

[@Prospick]

AHHHHH IRAN AHHHH PERSIA YEK ROUZ MAH BARMIGARDIM. RANGHAJE AZIZETO BARAJE MAH NESHOONBEDI EMSHAB! OHHHHHH IRAN OHHHH PERSIA, ONE DAY WE WILL RETURN. SHOW YOUR LOVELY COLOURS FOR US TONIGHT!

[@amirarsalan]

so many wrong choices for introduce the persia

[@PARSA.Korosh.Ardashir1]

VIVA IRAN THE LiONs OF EAST

[@Haiden9]

Go Iran

[@whiteboyxthst]

If they beat argentina tommorrow i will cheer for these guys in world cup

[@alessandrobobobo9349]

Ma mitunim

[@elvergas1301]

mexicoooooo next please

[@parismor4361]

Iran is not an Arab country! the beauty about it, is that it is a mixed culture of beautiful people like Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Pars, Lors... speaking in Persian as the national language and their own as well like turkish, arabic & so on

[@kevinfarhangi30]

I hope iran will vs BIH and reach the 2nd Round .