Iran are in Group G at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19 across 16 stadiums in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Below you'll find every Iran group stage match with kickoff times automatically converted to your local timezone. Select your timezone above to get the exact time each Iran game kicks off wherever you're watching from. No app, no signup โ just Iran's full World Cup schedule in your time.
Six World Cups. Six group stage exits. That is the record Iran carries into North America โ and this squad is determined to finally rewrite it. This is Iran's seventh World Cup and their fourth in a row โ a consistency of qualification that reflects genuine football development across the country. Ranked 21st in the world, Iran arrive in Group G alongside Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand โ and for the first time in a long time, the draw feels genuinely kind.
Iran head to North America with relations strained as US President Donald Trump takes a hard line over nuclear talks with Tehran. FIFA approved Iran's request to move their World Cup training camp from the United States to Mexico โ a small but telling detail about the political backdrop surrounding this squad. Whatever happens off the pitch, the players have earned their place here and deserve to be judged on what they do on it.
Captain Mehdi Taremi has netted 59 times in 103 international appearances โ one of the most prolific international strikers in Asian football history. At 33 and in his third World Cup, he scored twice against England at Qatar 2022 in one of the most memorable individual performances by an Iranian player at a World Cup. He scored 10 goals in qualifying. Everything Iran do going forward flows through him. This is a veteran group โ one of the three oldest squads at the entire tournament โ with Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Saman Ghoddos bringing European experience from their time at Brighton and Brentford respectively.
The draw is kind by Iranian standards and coach Ghalenoei knows this is a real chance to reach the knockouts for the first time. Belgium are the group favorites and a tough opening test. But the Egypt game on June 27 in Seattle is the one that matters most โ that is effectively a playoff for second place. New Zealand are the most beatable side in the group. Iran's counter-attacking, defensively disciplined style under Ghalenoei is exactly the kind of football that can grind out results when it matters.
Six World Cups without making the knockout stage. Group G in 2026 is the most realistic opportunity Iran have ever had to change that. Taremi and this experienced squad know it โ and they will not waste it.
