Iran, England's first World Cup group stage opponents, showed that Gareth Southgate's players face a stiff challenge 58 days from now, as they beat a strong Uruguay side.
Centre forward Mehdi Taremi, a consistent threat for several years at Porto, scored the winner after a slick passing moving which typified the Iranian technical skill.
Brentford's Saman Ghoddos, who has had no Premier League game time this season, also stood out.
He had flicked a ball over Martin Cáceres to race away down the right and executed a deft return pass from which left-sided forward Mehdi Torabi should have scored before initiating the move which brought the goal.