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
