THERAN - The Iranian national beach soccer team defeated Paraguay to secure passage to the knockouts stage at Seychelles 2025. 
 The Iranian side beat the national team of Paraguay 5-1on Saturday to face Portugal in Group B.
Movahed Muhammadpour, Mehdi Mirjalili, Ali Nazem, Shirmuhammadi and Masoumizadeh scored for Iran .
 Earlier on Thursday in their first match in the World Cup underway in Seychelles.
The team of Iran defeated the team of Mauritania 5-4 on in the event. 
Iran are seeded in Group B along with defending African champions Mauritania, Portugal and Paraguay.