PLDC - Tehran, In a news conference today, by pointing to his two day presence in Iran, the head of FIFA said, “During my trip to Iran, I enjoyed positive feedback and I had good meetings. Certainly, when I return, another Iranian will join one of the FIFA committees.”

Regarding a question about what should Iran do to gain a FIFA seat and why Ali Daei missed the FIFA seat, Sepp Blatter said, “Iran had already one seat in FIFA. Mr. Kafashian who is now the head of Football Federation was a member of Futsal and is now too. Ali Daei was also a member of FIFA's technical committee, but due to the structural changes of the committees taking place at the end of each year, he lost his seat. However, after this trip to your country, another Iranian will certainly be a member of a FIFA committee in near future.