Reza Haghghi , one of the bright stars of the Persian Gulf League is to join Team Melli camp as soon as he recovers from his minor injury. Carlos Queiroz has been monitoring the health status of the Fajr Sepasi midfield player and has declared that he wants Haghighi back in the team roster as soon as he is fully fit. The Portuguese coach was impressed by he debutant Shirazi player and was supposed to accompany the team to the Turkey camp , however , the injury prevented him  from doing so.

On the other hand , Queiroz intends to replace a few players who underperformed during the camp and in the match against Albania.

Fereydoon Zandi , who was in Turkey with Team Melli , but did not figure in the friendly match against Albania which Iran lost 1-0 . has announced his retirement from the National Football Team. Zandi cited his wish for younger players to be given an opportunity in his place , but other sources have mentioned that Zandi was not pleased with his exclusion from the match and hence he submitted his request to leave the camp and fly back to Tehran, Carlos Queiroz granted the German-Iranian player his wishes.

Team Melli will be flying to Tashkent directly from Istanbul before returning to Tehran for the next match against Qatar in Azadi on the 12th June 2012.