| Iran | |
| Badge: | Iran national handball team.jpg |
| Badge Size: | 180px |
| Nickname: | Team Melli |
| Association: | IRIHF |
| Coach: | Majid Rahimizadeh |
| Assistant Coach: | Shahdad Mortaji Hamid Sadeghi |
| Captain: | Mojtaba Heidarpour |
| Pattern B1: | _greenshoulders |
| Leftarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Body1: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Pattern B2: | _whiteshoulders |
| Leftarm2: | CC3333 |
| Body2: | CC3333 |
| Rightarm2: | CC3333 |
| Shorts2: | CC3333 |
| Pattern B3: | _whiteshoulders |
| Leftarm3: | 177245 |
| Body3: | 177245 |
| Rightarm3: | 177245 |
| Shorts3: | 177245 |
| World Cup Apps: | 2 |
| World Cup First: | 2015 |
| World Cup Best: | 21st (2015) |
| Regional Name: | Asian Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 16 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1989 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 3rd (2014) |
The Iran national handball team is the national handball team of Iran and is controlled by the IR Iran Handball Federation.
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Not an IHF member | ||||||||
 1954 | |||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||
| 1961 | |||||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||
 1970 | |||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||
| 1978 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||
| 1990 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||
 1995 | |||||||||
 1997 | |||||||||
 1999 | |||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||
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| 2009 | |||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||
 2013 | |||||||||
 2015 | President’s Cup | 21st place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 225 | |
| 2017 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| 2021 | |||||||||
 2023 | Main round | 24th place | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 150 | 198 | |
 2025 | to be determined | ||||||||
| 2027 | |||||||||
| 2029 | |||||||||
| 2031 | |||||||||
| Total | 2/30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 335 | 423 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | did not enter | ||||||||
 1979 | |||||||||
 1983 | |||||||||
 1987 | |||||||||
| 1989 | Final round | 8th place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 114 | |
| 1991 | Placement 9th–12th | 11th place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 132 | |
 1993 | Preliminary round | 9th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 58 | |
| 1995 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2000 | Round-robin | 5th place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 132 | |
 2002 | Placement 5th–6th | 5th place | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 96 | |
| 2004 | Placement 5th–8th | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 138 | |
 2006 | Final round | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 110 | |
| 2008 | Final round | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 179 | |
 2010 | Placement 5th–8th | 7th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 146 | |
| 2012 | Placement 5th–10th | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 115 | |
| 2014 | Final round | 3rd place | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 215 | 171 | |
| 2016 | Knockout stage | 5th place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 184 | |
| 2018 | Knockout stage | 5th place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 195 | 157 | |
| 2020 | Final round | 6th place | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 176 | 151 | |
| 2022 | Final round | 4th place | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 206 | |
| 2024 | Final round | 6th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 185 | 161 | |
| Total | 16/21 | 86 | 39 | 6 | 41 | 2,344 | 2,250 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1982 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1986 | Round-robin | 5th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 185 | |
| 1990 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 1998 | Final round | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 146 | |
| 2002 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2006 | Final round | 3rd place | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 203 | |
| 2010 | Final round | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 156 | |
| 2014 | Final round | 4th place | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 188 | 164 | |
| 2018 | Classification 5th–8th | 5th place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 152 | |
| 2022 | |||||||||
| 2026 | to be determined | ||||||||
| 2030 | |||||||||
 2034 | |||||||||
| Total | 7/11 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 1,011 | 1,006 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | did not enter | ||||||||
 2017 | |||||||||
 2021 | Knockout stage | 3rd place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 85 | |
| Total | 1/3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 85 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Round-robin | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 139 | |
| 2005 | Final round | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 127 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 285 | 266 | ||
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1] [2]
Head coach: Veselin Vujović
Yury Klimov Yuri Kidyaev (2009–2010)
Borut Maček (2010) Rafael Guijosa (2012–2014) Borut Maček (2014–2015) Borut Maček (2017) Manuel Montoya (2021–2022)
Veselin Vujović (2022–2023)