Iran's extremely suave World Cup squad has sent Twitter into meltdown, and it's easy to see why.

The footballing summer showpiece is just days away. Get excited.

Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany and Spain, to name but a few, vie for gold ahead of a month dominated by football.



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Not to mention minnows Iran who set off to Russia in absolute style.

A picture surfaced of Iran's World Cup squad, with all the footballers donning exquisite blue suits.

Iran's World Cup squad.

Iran's World Cup squad.

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Their squad is made up of players from Iran's domestic league, as well as the Russian top flight and the English Championship with Nottingham Forest's Ashkan Dejagah making Carlos Queiroz's 23-man party.



Among the players snapped in the picture above includes 'The Iranian Messi; Sardar Azmoun, Morteza Pouraliganji, Alireza Jahanbahksh, Saeed Ezatollahi, Ramin Rezaian, Karim Ansarifard, and Mehdi Taremi.

And a quick glance on Twitter suggests people will be rooting for Iran at the World Cup.

Look at Iran's World Cup Squad!

They look more like models than players pic.twitter.com/CXbfkuBmJL

- Ahmed (@ahmedissleeping) June 11, 2018

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'Suddenly very invested in the World Cup!' Viral photo of Iran's VERY dapper national football squad leaves new fans swooning#Iran#Russia2018 pic.twitter.com/PUAGEzrYF7

- Ali ヅ (@RashediX) June 9, 2018

Have you seen the internet breaking pictures of Iran's dapper football squad ?

Girls have already picked their favourite team :joy:#Iran #teamIran #WorldCup #FifaWorldCup2018 #brazil pic.twitter.com/wsq400r4Bf

- Ali Arif :flag_pk: (@i_aliarif) June 11, 2018

While supporting Iran's dapper #WorldCup national football squad let's not forget that women in Iran are still banned from stadiums & can't cheer their national team. Tell #Iran & #FIFA that women watching sports is not a crime! SIGN Petition: https://t.co/e6FdXY6VYu #NoBan4Women pic.twitter.com/DPyJ5ldi2N

- Nazanin Boniadi (@NazaninBoniadi) June 10, 2018

So the @bbcasiannetwork @FIFAWorldCup sweepstake all done and I have Iran @TeamMelliIran !! oh and here's a pic of some of the squad! :blush: :flag_ir: #teamiran pic.twitter.com/DhuqVCbgbz

- Noreen Khan (@DJNoreenKhan) June 11, 2018

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The Persians open their World Cup campaign on Friday against Morocco, before facing Spain then Portugal.