Iran national team manager Marc Wilmots has announced his squad for crucial match against Iraq in 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign and excluded Brighton’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
Jahanbakhsh who had joined Brighton in summer 2018, missed his place in the side’s starting XI this season and Wilmots has dropped him again.
But Esteghlal Captain Voria Ghafori has been invited again after missing last month matches against Cambodia and Bahrain.
Iran full Squad for match against Iraq:
Goalkeepers:
Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis)
Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (Tractor)
Payam Niazmand (Sepahan)
Defenders:
Voria Ghafori (Esteghlal)
Seyed Majid Hosseini (Trabzon spor)
Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan (Persepolis)
Milad Mohammadi (Gent)
Mohammad Naderi (Persepolis)
Ramin Rezaeian (Al-Shahania)
Siavash Yazdani (Esteghlal)
Midfielders:
Omid Ebrahimi (Eupen)
Ehsan Haj Safi (Tractor)
Ali Karimi (Esteghlal)
Ahmad Norollahi (Persepolis)
Masoud Shojaei (Tractor)
Vahid Amiri (Persepolis)
Forwards:
Karim Ansarifar (Al-Sailiya)
Ali Gholizadeh (Charleroi)
Mohammad Mohebbi (Sepahan)
Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi)
Sardar Azmoun (Zenit)
Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave)