Iran , who are in the same World Cup group alongside Nigeria, Argentina and Bosnia Herzegovina, have named a 28 - man squad list comprised of local players playing in the domestic championship and Asia based professionals ahead of the mundial in Brazil.<br /><br />An analysis of the roster released on Saturday revealed that 3 goalkeepers, 12 defenders, 8 midfielders and 5 attackers were picked by manager Carlos Queiroz. <br /><br />It is very surprising that the Portuguese gaffer did not include one of the poster boys of Asian football, Ali Karimi plus experienced attacking midfielder Mohammad Nouri in the roster.<br /><br />On Monday, the players will leave Iran for a training camp in South Africa, where they are scheduled to play tune up games against some local teams and the Mozambique National Team. <br /><br />The professional players based in Europe will join the squad at their training camp in Austria next month.<br /><br /><u><b>Iran Provisional Squad</b></u><br /><br /><b>Goalkeepers</b>:<br />Rahman Ahmadi &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan<br />Sousha Makani &ndash; Foolad Khuzestan<br />Hamed Lak &ndash; Tractor Sazi Tabriz<br /><br /><b>Defenders</b>:<br />Khosro Heydari &ndash; Esteghlal Tehran<br />Hossein Mahini &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Pejman Montazeri &ndash; Umm Salal, QAT<br />Jalal Hosseini &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Amir-Hossein Sadeghi &ndash; Esteghlal Tehran<br />Shoja Khalilzadeh &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan<br />Mohammad-Reza Khanzadeh &ndash; Zob Ahan Esfahan<br />Ahmad Alenemeh &ndash; Naft Tehran<br />Hashem Beikzadeh &ndash; Esteghlal Tehran<br />Ehsan Hajsafi &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan<br />Mehrdad Pouladi &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Mehrdad Jamaati &ndash; Foolad Khhuzestan<br /><br /><b>Midfielders</b>:<br />Javad Nekounam &ndash; Kuwait SC, KUW<br />Andranik Teymourian &ndash; Esteghlal Tehran<br />Reza Haghighi &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Omid Ebrahimi &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan<br />Ghasem Hadadifar &ndash; Zob Ahan Esfahan<br />Bakhtiar Rahmani &ndash; Foolad Khuzestan<br />Payam Sadeghian &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Mohsen Mosalman &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br /><br /><b>Strikers</b>:<br />Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari &ndash; Persepolis Tehran<br />Mehdi Sharifi &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan<br />Karim Ansarifard &ndash; Tractor Sazi Tabriz<br />Reza Norouzi &ndash; Naft Tehran<br />Yaghoub Karimi &ndash; Sepahan Esfahan&nbsp; <br />