Pakistan, May 20 -- Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei believes his coaching and fitness staff would have their work cut out getting the ?squad ready for ?the World Cup at their training camp in Turkiye, with most of the players having been out of action for seven weeks.

The country's ?domestic Persian Gulf Pro League season was suspended after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, starting a regional war, and will not resume until after ?the World Cup.

Of the 30-man squad Ghalenoei named on Saturday, 22 play for Iranian clubs and have been restricted to a Tehran national team training camp since friendlies against Costa Rica and Nigeria in Antalya in late March.

"Naturally, I am not fully satisfied with the players'...