footballmedia.net - FIFA officially
informed the IR Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) yesterday (19
December 2006) that the suspension imposed on the federation on 23
November 2006 had been lifted. Therefore, the IRIFF and its clubs,
referees, officials, etc. may participate in all international
football competitions and activities with immediate effect.
The FIFA Emergency Committee, composed
of the FIFA President and one representative of each of the six
confederations, took the decision to lift the ban on 18 December as
a result of a series of cooperative negotiations between FIFA, the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the IRIFF and the Physical
Education Organisation (PEO) of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The negotiations resulted in the
establishment of a Transitory Board (“Haiet Raiseh Enteghali” in
Farsi) of the IRIFF, jointly recognised by FIFA and the PEO, with
the following duties:
o The management of Iranian
football at national and international levels;
o The drafting and ratification
of new statutes for the IRIFF based on the FIFA Standard Statutes;
o The organisations of
elections for the future leadership of the IRIFF, based on these new
statutes and with the support of FIFA and the AFC.
The Transitory Board is to be composed
of Mr Mohsen Safaei Farahani as chairman, Mr Qumars Hashemi as
deputy chairman and Mr Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar, Dr Hassan Ghafiri,
Dr Mohammad Khabiri and Mr Ali Reghbati as members (listed in
English alphabetical order).
It is planned that the whole process
of transition will be completed by 31 March 2007.
With this commitment, the IRIFF is now
in a position to normalise its structure and statutes in accordance
with the FIFA and AFC regulations. This development signifies that
the objections raised by FIFA, which gave rise to the suspension of
the IRIFF, have been removed.
