International Career
He has played for Iran's national football teams at every single youth level, before being drafted into the senior side. The midfielder played for Iran national under-23 football team in last year’s Islamic Solidarity Games where his prompting from midfield helped the young team to a third-place.
He was a member of the Iranian national team during 2006 World Cup. Pictures of an emotionally and physically drained Teymourian at the end of Iran's last game of the 2006 World Cup have begun to take the shape of Iranian football's most notable photograph from the event. Teymourian dropped to the grass and began sobbing while trainers attended to him. He has started to be recognized as a national hero in Iran because of the passion he showed for his country in the 2006 World Cup. He played in 2007 AFC Asian Cup Qualification and played in all the games in 2007 Asian Cup. He played in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification for Iran. He also played in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship. He has played in two of Iran's three Group D games in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup missing one due to a virus. Andranik captained Iran for the first time against the UAE.
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