Iran\s Alireza Jahanbakhsh talks World Cup draw with England <br> <br>Iran captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh has said he had hoped to avoid England in this year\s World Cup. The winger, who plays his club football in the Netherlands with AZ Alkmaar, will be looking to get his first taste of top-level international football at the tournament - which gets underway on June 14th - after being handed the armband by Carlos Queiroz. The draw, which was conducted on December 1st in Moscow, pitted Iran and England together at Group G, along with 2010 champions Spain and Morocco. <br> <br>Iranian Players React to World Cup Draw <br>Iran captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh said it is difficult to play in a group containing Spain, Portugal and Morocco but said his team will try to qualify from a tough group. The former NEC Nijmegen winger told 8Xbet: It was difficult to find a country more difficult than any other, but there is always one in each group.