IranFIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFCIran's golden generation might have missed their best -- and last -- shot at Asian Cup glory1YGabriel TanGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images
For all their talent, it is Iran's heart that has driven them to an Asian Cup semifinal1YGabriel TanRobert Cianflone/Getty Images
IranFIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFCBehind the discovery and nurturing of Iran's golden generation gunning for glory at Asian Cup1YGabriel TanEPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Saeid EzatolahiFIFA World CupIran's Ezatolahi embodied despair of World Cup defeat after loss to US2YGabriele MarcottiEPA/Ali Haider
Iran suffer heartbreaking exit once again but 2022 will be far more bitter pill to swallow2YGabriel TanAP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
