Team Melli has been scheduled to face Kazakhstan on February 24 in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Group D in Tehran. Hashem’s men will play Syria three days later.

Iran leads the group with two wins over Bahrain.

Iran squad:
Matin Aghajanpour, Jalal Aghamiri, Mohammad Jamshidi, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Navid Khajehzadeh, Saeid Davarpanah, Ehsan Dalirzahan, Navid Rezaeifar, Arman Zangeneh, Asghar Kardoust, Arsalan Kazemi, Mehdi Kamrani, Sajad Mashayekhi, Salar Monji, Meysam Mirzaei, Mohammad Sina Vahedi, Amir Hossein Yazarloo, Behnam Yakhchali, Mohammad Yousefvand