TEHRAN – Iran’s national 
handball team defeated Ir aq 37-24 in a friendly match in Tehran on Thursday.
Team Melli, headed by Spanish coach Rafael Guijosa Castillo, will meet the Iraqi team again on Saturday.
Iran had played two friendly matches with Iraq in Baghdad in November.
Guijosa, 55, experiences his second stint in the Iran national team. He helped Team Melli win a bronze medal in the Asian championship in Bahrain in 2014.