Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Iran's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alan Rough | Scotland | 1 |
| Archie Gemmill | Scotland | 1 |
| Asa Hartford | Scotland | 1 |
| Carlos Juan Oblitas | Peru | 1 |
| César Cueto | Peru | 1 |
| Germán Leguía | Peru | 1 |
| Guillermo La Rosa | Peru | 1 |
| Héctor Chumpitaz | Peru | 1 |
| Hugo Sotil | Peru | 1 |
| Jaime Duarte | Peru | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 24 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 3–2 | 57′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1978 | v Scotland | 1–1 | 60′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 24 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Group stage |
| 11 Jun 1978 | v Peru | 1–4 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1978 | v Scotland | 1–1 | started, off 89′ | 89 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.