Track Iran's projected World Cup 2026 squad in Group G, ranked by recent national-team minutes under coach A. Ghalenoei. Follow forward Mehdi Taremi alongside goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand and the rest of Asia's AFC contingent, with live tracking of who's locked in, on the bubble, and pushing for a place before the call-up is confirmed.
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Projected 26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Taremi | Forward | Olympiakos Piraeus | 274 | Locked |
| 2 | Sayed Ghoddos | Midfielder | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 217 | Locked |
| 3 | Alireza Beiranvand | Goalkeeper | Tractor Sazi | 184 | Locked |
| 4 | Shoja Khalilzadeh | Defender | Tractor Sazi | 184 | Locked |
| 5 | Omid Noorafkan | Midfielder | Sepahan FC | 180 | Locked |
| 6 | Saleh Hardani | Defender | Esteghlal FC | 150 | Locked |
| 7 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Forward | Tractor Sazi | 149 | Locked |
| 8 | Seyed Hosseini | Goalkeeper | Sepahan FC | 90 | Locked |
| 9 | Shahriyar Moghanlou | Forward | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 83 | Locked |
| 10 | Ali Alipourghara | Forward | 72 | Locked | |
| 11 | Ramin Rezaeian | Defender | Esteghlal FC | 70 | Locked |
| 12 | Mehdi Hashemnejad | Forward | Tractor Sazi | 56 | Locked |
| 13 | Milad Mohammadi | Defender | Persepolis FC | 35 | Locked |
| 14 | Aria Yousefi | Defender | Sepahan FC | 34 | Locked |
| 15 | Amir Razzaghinia | Midfielder | Esteghlal FC | 34 | Locked |
| 16 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Forward | Dender | 20 | Locked |
| 17 | Mohammad Ghorbani | Defender | Al Wahda FC | 12 | Likely |
| 18 | Seyed Niazmand | Goalkeeper | Persepolis FC | 0 | Likely |
| 19 | A. Abdullayev | Defender | Tractor Sazi | 0 | Likely |
| 20 | Ehsan Hajisafi | Defender | Sepahan FC | 0 | Likely |
| 21 | Mohammad Kanani | Defender | 0 | Likely | |
| 22 | A. Nemati | Defender | 0 | Likely | |
| 23 | Ali Gholizadeh | Midfielder | Lech Poznan | 0 | Bubble |
| 24 | A. Mahmoudi | Forward | 0 | Bubble | |
| 25 | Mohammad Mohebi | Forward | FC Rostov | 0 | Bubble |
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Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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