Iran Complies To FIFA Rules
December 18, 2007 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under FIFA World Cup, News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped in to save themselves from repercussions by FIFA over the head of Iran’s national football team.
Ahmadinejad has asked Ali-Abadi who is the vice-president to step down as head of the national football team because of FIFA’s rule that no government bodies participate in world football. The rule tries to limit politics with international football.
"In the interest of football, I tell Ali-Abadi to step aside and let the elections take place and allow the election of an appropriate person," Ahmadinejad
Iran is in a four-way draw for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in a group including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Syria.
In the past Iran was banned from world football for political interference last year when the government sacked the then federation’s president, Mohammed Dadkan after the team’s failure at the 2006 Germany World Cup.
Source: AFP
