 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mutambo uyu wakava weIran uyo akakunda mitambo mitatu yakatevedzana muna 1968, 1972 uye 1976, neIran ichigamuchira yokutanga neyokupedzisira. Iran inoramba iri chikwata chenyika bedzi muAsia chakakunda makwikwi matatu akatevedzana eAsia Cup. Mhedziso ya1972 yaive yakakurumbira sezvo yaive yekutanga Asia Cup kushandisa chikamu cheboka-knockout chikamu fomati, iyo yakateverwa mumakwikwi anotevera nekumwe kuchinjana. Zvisinei, mutambo wacho wakaratidzirwa nechinyorwa chakasviba apo Israeri yakadzingwa kubva kuAFC muna 1972 nekuda kwekupokana kweArabhu-Israeli. 