Team Melli will face Qatar three days later in Doha in Group E.
Iran, headed by Greek coach Sotiris Manolopoulos, will also play India and Kazakhstan on February 21 and 24, respectively.
The 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification is a basketball competition that is being played from June 2022 to February 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Asia-Oceania nations who will join the automatically qualified host Saudi Arabia at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.