Iran is drawn in Group B along with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Kuwait.
The Persian young girls will start the campaign on October 13 against Saudi Arabia at the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Iran will meet Kuwait and Lebanon on October 15 and 17, respectively.
The eight group winners will progress to the 10th edition of the Finals, where they will be joined by the four AFC representatives from the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025 who have automatically qualified, namely DPR Korea, Japan, Korea Republic and China, to form a 12-strong line-up --four more than the previous edition.
The Finals will be contested from April 30 to May 17, 2026.