IRNA - A scheduled visit by the head of Iran's
Physical Education Organization, Mohammad Aliabadi, to Malaysia was
cancelled following a decision made by FIFA to suspend Iran from all
international games.
The Emergency Committee of the Swiss-based International Federation of
Football Association (FIFA) composed of the FIFA president and a
representative of each of the six confederations on Thursday decided to
suspend the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) from all
international activities because of government intervention.
The FIFA Emergency Committee took the decision after having determined that
the situation of the IRIFF was not favorable to FIFA's governing rules.
Aliabadi was scheduled to arrive in Malaysia Friday night to accompany
members of the national disabled athletic team
participating in the 9th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC).
Over 50 Asian states are taking part in the inaugural ceremony of the 9th
FESPIC Games scheduled for this evening. The games will run for 10 days.
The Iranian team consists of 274 men and women athletes who are
participating in the games for the first time since it was first held in
Japan in 1975.
