There were two wins during the training camp for Iran, one of them being an overtime triumph against Venezuela just before the World Cup, the other an eight-point win over Jordan back in Georgia.
Those two wins are good enough to make them confident when it comes to its duel with Ivory Coast, but it also has Spain and Brazil in Group G, meaning it's an uphill battle to get to the sweet 16.
This is its fourth consecutive World Cup, the closest Team Melli got to top 16 was in 2010, when it finished 19th.
Hakan Demir’s side will play the first match against Brazil on August 26 and meet Ivory Coast on August 28 and Spain on August 30 in Jakarta, Indonesia.