Tallest: 3 · 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alan Rough | Scotland | 1 |
| Archie Gemmill | Scotland | 1 |
| Arie Haan | Netherlands | 1 |
| Asa Hartford | Scotland | 1 |
| Carlos Juan Oblitas | Peru | 1 |
| César Cueto | Peru | 1 |
| Dick Nanninga | Netherlands | 1 |
| Germán Leguía | Peru | 1 |
| Guillermo La Rosa | Peru | 1 |
| Héctor Chumpitaz | Peru | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 3–0 | 76′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Third-place play-off |
| 29 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 3–0 | 66′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Third-place play-off |
| 28 Sep 1980 | v Kuwait | 1–2 | 90′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Semi-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 29 Sep 1980 | v North Korea | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Third-place play-off |
| 28 Sep 1980 | v Kuwait | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1980 · Semi-final |
| 11 Jun 1978 | v Peru | 1–4 | started, off 51′ | 51 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
| 7 Jun 1978 | v Scotland | 1–1 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
| 3 Jun 1978 | v Netherlands | 0–3 | started, off 50′ | 50 | — | — | 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.