The Iran Men's National Volleyball Team is the official national men's volleyball team of Iran. It is governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (I.R.I.V.F.) and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

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Association	IRIVF
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Maurício Paes
FIVB ranking	15 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2016)
Best result	5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1970)
Best result	6th (2014)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	8th (2015, 2019)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1979)
Best result	(2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
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Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1 Asian Championship 4 3 1 Asian Games 3 3 1 Asian Cup 3 2 0 Other Official Competitions 6 3 0 Total 16 11 3 Medal record World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan Team Asian Championship 2011 Tehran Team 2013 Dubai Team 2019 Tehran Team 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team 2009 Manila Team 2015 Tehran Team 2023 Urmia Team 2003 Tianjin Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Team 2022 Hangzhou Team 1958 Tokyo Team 2002 Busan Team 2010 Guangzhou Team 1966 Bangkok Team Asian Cup 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2010 Urmia Team 2016 Nakhon Pathom Team 2012 Vinh Yen Team 2018 Taipei Team Islamic Solidarity Games 2005 Mecca/Medina/Jeddah/Ta’if Team 2013 Palembang Team 2017 Baku Team 2021 Konya Team West Asian Games 2005 Doha Team Central Asian Championship 2010 Kolkata Team 2023 Cholpon-Ata Team 2007 Islamabad Team 2022 Lahore Team

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As of 11 September 2022, Team Melli is considered as the second team in Asia, as it ranks 10th in the FIVB World Rankings.^[1]

The national team won the Asian Volleyball Championship four times: in 2011 Tehran, 2013 Dubai, 2019 Tehran and 2021 Chiba & Funabashi

In its first appearance in the competition since joining the 2013 World League, Iran has been a dominant force in Group 1.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014 World League campaign, Iran's national team reached fourth place in Group 1 after a straight-set defeat to their Italian hosts in the bronze medal match. In these games, Iran had already defeated Brazil, Italy and Poland.^{[citation needed]}

Iran has also competed in the World Championship four times, with their best result obtained in 2014 Poland where they ended up in 6th place. In those games Iran qualified from the first and second rounds with, respectively, four and five wins; their only defeat was against France.^{[citation needed]}

Iran defeated Japan to win the gold medal at the Asian Games Korea in 2014. Consecutively, in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Iran cruised past Japan and South Korea to win the gold medal.^{[citation needed]}

Iran made it to the Olympic Games for the first time in their history in 2016 as the top-ranked Asian squad at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. Iran finished in 5th place in the competition.^{[citation needed]}

The history of Iran's national volleyball team dates back to around 1920 when Mir Mehdi Varzandeh brought volleyball regulations to Iran. During World War II, Allied forces occupied Iran, and Iranians participated in sports, including volleyball, with soldiers. At that time a friendly match was arranged between the Iranian and Russian Army teams. In 1958, for the first time, national men's team of Pakistan was invited to Tehran for some friendly matches with the national team, club teams and the Army team. Iran's national team first attended an international competition at the 1958 Asian Games, where they won the silver medal.^[2]

Note: The following list may not be complete.

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Name	From	To	notes
Sardar Nasrollahkhan[3]	1958		1958 Asian Games Runners-up
Fereydoon Sharifzadeh	1958	1963
Hossein Jabbarzadegan	1964	1966	1966 Asian Games 3rd place
Miloslav Ejem	1970	1972
Tadaee Korada	1974		1974 Asian Games 4th place
Park Sung	1979
Yadollah Kargarpisheh	1979	1981
Farough Fakhredini	1987
Masoud Salehieh	1987	1989
Hossein Ali Mehranpour	1989	1991
Mohammad Heidarkhan	1991
Ivans Bugajenkovs	1991	1993	Acted as head coach from 1991 to 1993 and as the general technical manager of all age groups from 1991 to 2007.
Fumihiko Matsumoto	1994
Masoud Salehieh	1995		1995 Asian Championship 4th place
Mehdi Saberpour	1997
Fumihiko Matsumoto	1998
Mostafa Karkhaneh	1999	2001
Hossein Ali Mehranpour	2001
Park Ki-won	2002	2005	2002 Asian Games Runners-up 2003 Asian Championship 3rd place
Milorad Kijac	2006
Zoran Gajić	2007	2008
Hossein Maadani	2008	2010	2008 Asian Cup Champions 2009 Asian Championship Runners-up 2010 Asian Cup Champions 2010 Asian Games Runners-up
Julio Velasco	2011	2014	2011 Asian Championship Champions 2013 Asian Championship Champions 2013 World Grand Champions Cup 4th place
Slobodan Kovač	2014	2015	2014 World League 4th place 2014 World Championship 6th place 2014 Asian Games Champions
Raúl Lozano	2016		2016 Olympic Games 5th place
Igor Kolaković	2017	2020	2017 World Grand Champions Cup 3rd place 2018 Asian Games Champions 2019 Nations League 5th place 2019 Asian Championship Champions 2020 Olympic Games Qualification
Vladimir Alekno	2020	2021	2020 Olympic Games 9th place
Behrouz Ataei	2021	2023	2021 Asian Championship Champions 2023 Asian Championship Runners-up 2022 Asian Games Champions
Maurício Paes	2024	present

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The team's home arena are Azadi Indoor Stadium, Azadi Volleyball Hall, Rezazadeh Stadium and Ghadir Stadium.

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Iran national volleyball team.