Team Melli has been pitted against China, Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan in Pool A.
Australia, Qatar, India and Korea are in Pool B.
The competition will be held at Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium from January 7 to 12, 2020 and the champion will secure its place at the Tokyo 2020.
Iran will play Chinese Taipei on Tuesday and face Kazakhstan and China in the following days.
Squad:
Saeid Marouf, Milad Ebadipour, Morteza Sharifi, Pouria Fayazi, Shahram Mahmoudi, Ali Shafiei, Reza Abedini, Mohammad Mousavi, Aliasghar Mojarad, Javad Karimi, Pouria Yali, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour, Mohammadreza Moazen and Mohammadreza Hazratpour