German embassy urged on fan visa

IRIB - Vice President Mohammad Aliabadi called Wednesday on the German ambassador to Tehran to issue visas to the remaining Iranian world cup fans.

"We ask you to make necessary arrangements to solve the problem of those fans who have not yet succeeded to receive their entry visa and enable them to travel to Germany," Aliabadi said in a meeting with ambassador Paul Freiherr Von Maltzahn in Tehran.

Some 900 Iranians have applied for visas to travel to Germany but 20 per cent of them were denied because they had no tickets for Iran's first round games.

Aliabadi also hoped that Iran's slogan in the world cup - "peace for all based on justice and spirituality" - would be appropriately reflected in the German press.

He said Iranians carefully follow German football because there are Iranian players in the Bundesliga.