# Iran men's national handball team

The Iran national handball team is the national handball team of Iran and is controlled by the IR Iran Handball Federation.

## Tournament record
### World Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1938 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1954 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1958 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1961 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1964 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1967 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1970 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1974 | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member | Not an IHF member |
| 1978 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1982 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1986 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1990 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1993 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1995 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1997 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | President’s Cup | 21st place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 225 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2021 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | Main round | 24th place | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 150 | 198 |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2029 |
| 2031 |
| Total | 2/30 | 2/30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 335 | 423 |

### Asian Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1977 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1979 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1983 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1987 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1989 | Final round | 8th place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 114 |
| 1991 | Placement 9th–12th | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 132 |
| 1993 | Preliminary round | 9th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 58 |
| 1995 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2000 | Round-robin | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 132 |
| 2002 | Placement 5th–6th | 5th place | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 96 |
| 2004 | Placement 5th–8th | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 138 |
| 2006 | Final round | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 110 |
| 2008 | Final round | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 179 |
| 2010 | Placement 5th–8th | 7th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 146 |
| 2012 | Placement 5th–10th | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 115 |
| 2014 | Final round | 3rd place | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 215 | 171 |
| 2016 | Knockout stage | 5th place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 184 |
| 2018 | Knockout stage | 5th place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 195 | 157 |
| 2020 | Final round | 6th place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 176 | 151 |
| 2022 | Final round | 4th place | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 206 |
| 2024 | Final round | 6th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 185 | 161 |
| Total | 16/21 | 16/21 | 86 | 39 | 6 | 41 | 2,344 | 2,250 |

### Asian Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1982 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1986 | Round-robin | 5th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 185 |
| 1990 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1994 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1998 | Final round | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 146 |
| 2002 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2006 | Final round | 3rd place | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 203 |
| 2010 | Final round | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 156 |
| 2014 | Final round | 4th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 188 | 164 |
| 2018 | Classification 5th–8th | 5th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 152 |
| 2022 | | | | | | | | |
| 2026 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2030 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2034 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 7/11 | 7/11 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 1,011 | 1,006 |

### Other tournaments
#### Islamic Solidarity Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2005 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2017 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2021 | Knockout stage | 3rd place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 85 |
| Total | 1/3 | 1/3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 85 |

#### West Asian Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2002 | Round-robin | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 139 |
| 2005 | Final round | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 127 |
| Total | 2/2 | 2/2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 285 | 266 |

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Veselin Vujović
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 2
* LW
* Mojtaba Heidarpour
* (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36)
* 1.80 m
* 130
* 800
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 4
* RW
* Milad Ghalandari
* (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 26)
* 1.80 m
* 46
* 164
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 7
* CB
* Pouya Norouzinejad
* (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30)
* 1.88 m
* 130
* 500
* VfL Eintracht Hagen
* 9
* P
* Yasin Kabirianjoo
* (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30)
* 1.93 m
* 20
* 20
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 11
* LB
* Reza Yadegari
* (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24)
* 1.96 m
* 0
* 0
* Mes Kerman
* 13
* LB
* Mehdi Mousavi
* (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35)
* 1.88 m
* 200
* 200
* Mes Kerman
* 14
* P
* Salaman Barbat
* (1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 34)
* 1.86 m
* 100
* 400
* Mes Kerman
* 16
* GK
* Mohammad Siavoshi
* (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 39)
* 1.95 m
* 130
* 0
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 18
* RB
* Saber Heidari
* (2004-03-25) 25 March 2004 (age 20)
* 1.91 m
* 14
* 20
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 22
* GK
* Ali Rahimi
* (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 33)
* 1.95 m
* 20
* 0
* Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
* 23
* RB
* Mohammad Reza Oraei
* (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)
* 1.94 m
* 25
* 40
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 24
* CB
* Mohammad Mehdi Behnamnia
* (1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 26)
* 1.86 m
* 10
* 30
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 28
* LW
* Mohammad Reza Kazemi
* (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 23)
* 1.86 m
* 5
* 40
* Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
* 31
* RB
* Vahid Masoudi
* (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27)
* 1.92 m
* 12
* 20
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 32
* RW
* Mohammad Kiani
* (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32)
* 1.90 m
* 20
* 30
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 33
* CB
* Mehrdad Samsami
* (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 33)
* 1.94 m
* 152
* 89
* Shahid Shameli Kazeroon
* 44
* LB
* Afshin Sadeghi
* (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31)
* 1.98 m
* 90
* 300
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 69
* GK
* Omid Reza Sarpoushi
* (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.90 m
* 20
* 4
* Mes Kerman
* 77
* LB
* Shahab Sadeghzadeh
* (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)
* 1.92 m
* 80
* 100
* Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan
* 99
* P
* Ali Kouhzad
* (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 28)
* 1.98 m
* 4
* 12
* Shahid Shameli Kazeroon

## Former coaches

* Yury Klimov
* Yuri Kidyaev (2009–2010)
* Borut Maček (2010)
* Ivica Rimanić (2011–2012)
* Rafael Guijosa (2012–2014)
* Borut Maček (2014–2015)
* Irfan Smajlagić (2015–2016)
* Mohsen Taheri (2016)
* Alireza Habibi (2017)
* Borut Maček (2017)
* Zoran Kastratović (2018)
* Alireza Habibi (2019–2020)
* Manuel Montoya (2021–2022)
* Veselin Vujović (2022–2023)
* Majid Rahimizadeh(2023–2024)

## Past squads

* 2006 Asian Games – Bronze medal
   * Farid Alimoradi, Alireza Rabie Dolatabadi, Mostafa Sadati, Iman Ehsannejad, Hossein Shahabi, Ali Akbar Khoshnevis, Masoud Zohrabi, Peyman Sadeghi, Hojjat Rahshenas, Saeid Pourghasemi, Mohammad Reza Jafarnia, Hani Zamani, Mohammad Reza Rajabi, Allahkaram Esteki and Rasoul Dehghani. Head Coach: Yury Klimov

## Notable players

* Iman Jamali (later Hungary)