Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Iran's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Andreas Köpke | Germany | 1 |
| Branko Brnović | Serbia | 1 |
| Brian Maisonneuve | United States | 1 |
| Brian McBride | United States | 1 |
| Christian Worns | Germany | 1 |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | 1 |
| Claudio Reyna | United States | 1 |
| Cobi Jones | United States | 1 |
| Darko Kovacevic | Serbia | 1 |
| David Regis | United States | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 31 Oct 2001 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | 79′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 4 Jun 1997 | v Kyrgyzstan | 7–0 | 76′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 2 Jun 1997 | v Maldives | 17–0 | 87′ | — | Extended lead | 17–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 8 Dec 1996 | v Thailand | 3–1 | 54′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | AFC Asian Cup 1996 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 31 Oct 2001 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 |
| 25 Jun 1998 | v Germany | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 21 Jun 1998 | v United States | 2–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 1998 | v Serbia | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 1997 | v Kyrgyzstan | 7–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 2 Jun 1997 | v Maldives | 17–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 8 Dec 1996 | v Thailand | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 1996 · 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.