Iran football team, also known as Team Melli, will participate at the 2018 World Cup with “80 million people, one nation, one heartbeat,” slogan.

Unbeaten in eight qualifying games, Iran have been in dominant form in Group A, having yet to concede a goal on the Road to Russia.

Iran national football team advanced to successive FIFA World Cups for the first time in their history Monday night.

Team Melli defeated Uzbekistan 2-0 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi scored for the Persian Gulf country.

After Brazil, who have become the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Iran are the second team book a place in the prestigious event.

The win means Iran will finish in the top two places in Group A of Asia’s final round of qualifying. Uzbekistan are eight points adrift of the leaders in third place and have only two games remaining.

The top two teams in each of Asia’s two qualifying groups advance automatically to the finals while the teams in third place go through a series of playoffs.