This will be Iran's third time participating in the World Cup and they have been luck to get a group draw that does offer them some hope of progressing beyond the first round for the first time.

Iran World Cup Group D Betting

Iran are 250/1 in the World Cup winners betting market and 11/1 to come out on top of Group D ahead of Portugal, Mexico and Angola. Iran's two previous engagements in the World Cup were in Argentina 1978 and again in 1998. It was in France where they had their first taste of World Cup success by beating the United States 2-1 in Lyon.

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Captain is the well known Ali Daei and he will be able to call on the likes of Ali Karimi of Bayern Munich and midfield duo Hashemian and Mahdavikia.

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