DPA - The new set-up of
the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) is to be finalised by Feb 7, it
was reported by ISNA news agency.
The announcement came after Wednesday's session of FFI's special
transitory board, which is charged with changing the federation's
structures to end a row with football's world governing body FIFA, ISNA
said.
FIFA in November suspended Iran for excessive government interference in
football, but later agreed to temporarily lift the suspension until a
new set-up independent of the state was approved.
Iran was forced in December to form a six-member FFI transitory board to
amend the federation's structure within 100 days and to achieve
independence from the government.
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran's Olympic committee and all of
its sports federations are run by the so-called Physical Education
Organisation.
The head of this sports organisation has always been a deputy to the
president. Mohammad Aliabadi, who is also the vice president of Iran,
currently holds the position.
Changing the status quo would oblige Iran to exclude football from the
jurisdiction of the sport's organisation.
