page_title: Iran men's national basketball team
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Iran men's national basketball team / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Iran Basketball Team in Olympic 1948 in Lindon.
context_page_description: The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments.
context_section_description: The Iranian national team has had limited success on the international stage, with the most international experience being that of their 1948 Summer Olympics qualification, although they did not manage to make it past the group stage.
  The team won the Bronze medal at the basketball competition of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
caption: Photograph of the Iranian national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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