TEHRAN – Iran volleyball head coach Mauricio Motta Paes has called up 18 players to the National Team for the 2024 Volleyball Nations League (VNL).

Iran are scheduled to play Serbia in the 2024 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) on May 22 in Brazil in their opening match and will also face Italy (May 24), Cuba (May 25) and Argentina (May 26).

Iran's prospects for qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics are dim due to poor performance in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League and the Olympic qualifiers.

Squad:
Setters: Javad Karimi (CS Municipal Arcada Galați), Mohammadtaher Vadi (Foolad Sirjan), Ali Ramezani (Tabiat Eslamshahr)

Outside hitters: Milad Ebadipour (Hemarpol Częstochowa) , Amirhossein Esfandiar (Tianjin Food Group), Morteza Sharifi (Spor Toto Spor KulübüTurkey), Meysam Salehi (Shahdab Yazd), Pouria Hosseinkhanzadeh (Foolad Sirjan), Amirhossein Sadati (Gitipasand), Mobin Nasri (Paykan)

Middle blockers: Mehdi Jelveh (Fenerbahçe Parolapara), Matin Ahmadi (Pas Gorgan), Mohammad Valizadeh (Shahdab Yazd), Alireza Moslehabadi (Paykan)

Opposite spikers: Amin Esmaeilnezhad (PGE GiEK Skra Bełchatów), Mohammad Barbast (Dinamo București)

Liberos: Mohammadreza Hazratpour (Shahdab Yazd), Arman Salehi (Shahrdari Urmia)