Team Melli is pitted against Japan (host), Kazakhstan, Australia and New Zealand in Group A.
Group B consists of South Korea, China, India, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Iran will face Kazakhstan on December 1 at the Yatsushiro Gymnasium.
The 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship will be the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which will take place from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan.
The tournament will be held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and will act as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.