IR Iran penalty taker

Our final filed IR Iran hierarchy had Mehdi Taremi first, with Alireza Jahanbakhsh next in line.

Taremi remains the clean Iran primary from recent senior evidence. Sardar Azmoun is outside the World Cup squad path, so he cannot be the backup. The omission is not a normal depth-chart move: AP and The Guardian describe it as apparently or widely viewed as political, tied to social-media activity that angered Iranian authorities, while official explanations were absent or disputed. For the penalty board, that means we should not speculate him back into the hierarchy unless he is officially restored. Jahanbakhsh is the best in-squad fallback because he converted Iran's 90+6 pressure penalty against Japan in the 2024 Asian Cup when Taremi was unavailable.

If you searched for IR Iran penalty taker, the hierarchy at the top is the final tournament-cycle answer we filed. The evidence trail underneath shows why that order was published.

For World Cup 2026, the final filed order placed Mehdi Taremi first for IR Iran, with Alireza Jahanbakhsh as the closest backup.

Squad check: at least one named taker appears on the current wider squad list, but the final 26 is still pending.

Coach: Amir Ghalenoei Iran announced a 30-man preliminary squad on May 17. Their final squad will be announced on June 1.

This section records the squad and hierarchy context that informed the published World Cup call.

Tournament outcomes are being checked separately so the original forecast remains distinguishable from the final event record.

Spot a hierarchy shift, a squad-specific wrinkle or a stronger team signal? Contact us here. If you are close to the IR Iran setup and have stronger information, that is exactly the kind of update we want.