 On 4 April 2011, aimbova maneja weReal Madrid Carlos Queiroz akabvuma chibvumirano chemakore maviri nehafu kuti adzidzise timu yenyika yeIran kusvika pakupera kwe2014 FIFA World Cup muBrazil. Pasi paQueiroz, Iran yakatanga mushandirapamwe wayo wekufanirwa kuenda kuWorld Cup nekukunda Maldives 4-0 mumutambo wekutanga wechikamu chavo chechipiri chekukodzera. Mushure mekukunda 50 muunganidzwa, Iran yakafambira mberi kuenda kunhanho yechitatu yekukodzera uko kwavakadhirowewa neIndonesia, Qatar neBahrain. Iran yakaratidza chinzvimbo chayo pamusoro peboka ravo nekukunda Bahrain 6-0 pamba paAzadi Stadium pamwe nekukoka aimbove wechidiki weGerman wepasi rose Ashkan Dejagah uyo akarova kaviri paakatanga kurwisa Qatar. Mushure mekukunda 4-1 kuIndonesia, Iran yakakwanisa kuenda kunhanho yekupedzisira yekukodzera kwakananga, kutenderera kwechina. Mumutambo wechina, Iran yakasarudzwa neSouth Korea, Qatar, Uzbekistan neLebanon muboka ravo. Queiroz akaita zvitsva zvekune dzimwe nyika kuwedzerwa kuchikwata chake, achiwedzera vatambi vakaita saReza Ghoochannejhad kuchikwata chake. Iran yakatanga kutenderera kwavo kwechina kwekusarudzwa kweAsia nekukunda 10 muUzbekistan. Team Melli yakabva yarova Qatar ndokurasikirwa muRebhanoni vasati vakunda South Korea paAzadi musi wa16 Gumiguru nechinangwa kubva kuna kaputeni Javad Nekounam. Mushure mekurasikirwa ne10 muTehran vachipesana neUzbekistan, Iran yakakunda Qatar 10 muDoha neLebanon 40 kumba. Mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira wekukodzera, Iran yakakunda South Korea 10 muUlsan Munsu nechinangwa kubva kuna Ghoochannejhad zvichikonzera kukodzera kwavo ku2014 FIFA World Cup semakwikwi eboka aine mapoinzi gumi nematanhatu. Nokudaro, Iran yakava boka rechitatu iro Queiroz rakakwanisa kukwanisa kuenda kuHondo yeNyika, mushure mokunge rasvika pakudhindwa kwe2002 neSouth Africa uye shanduro ye2010 nePortugal, ichitungamirira iyo yekupedzisira kusvika pakuguma kwekuguma. Iran yakaramba ichikunda, ichiwana mukana wekuenda kuAsia Cup ya2015mwedzi yakati gare garewo. 