Iran squad: Badamaki in for Pejman Nouri

PFDC – TEHRAN, Injured Emirates club midfielder Pejman Nouri had to be crossed off the list for the World Cup qualifiers in Bahrain and Indonesia and was replaced by Hossein Badamaki.

The 30-year-old Persepolis midfielder will be eager to add to his seven caps and two goals on November 11 in Manama and November 15 in Jakarta.

31-year-old Pejman Nouri is the third Iranian player sidelined by injury after Ali Karimi and Masoud Shojaei.

Meanwhile Team Melli skipper Javad Nekounam arrived in Tehran, but did not participate in training due to exhaustment on Monday.