Baghdad-INA
Our national team lost this evening, with a clean goal, in the match that brought it together with its Iranian counterpart at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
The only goal of the match was scored by Iran's national team striker Mahdi Taremi shortly after the start of the second half in the 48th minute.
With this result, Iran returned to the top of the first group in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup with 17 points, while Iraq remained in fifth place before the last with only 5 points.