Tallest: 4 · 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Branko Brnović | Serbia | 1 |
| Brian Maisonneuve | United States | 1 |
| Brian McBride | United States | 1 |
| Claudio Reyna | United States | 1 |
| Cobi Jones | United States | 1 |
| Darko Kovacevic | Serbia | 1 |
| David Regis | United States | 1 |
| Dejan Stankovic | Serbia | 1 |
| Dragan Stojković | Serbia | 1 |
| Earnie Stewart | United States | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Oct 1997 | v China PR | 4–1 | 2′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 13 Jun 1997 | v Syria | 2–2 | 30′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 11 Jun 1997 | v Maldives | 9–0 | 44′ | — | Extended lead | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 11 Jun 1997 | v Maldives | 9–0 | 15′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 21 Jun 1998 | v United States | 2–1 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 1998 | v Serbia | 0–1 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 17 Oct 1997 | v China PR | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 13 Jun 1997 | v Syria | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 11 Jun 1997 | v Maldives | 9–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
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.