Tasnim - Alireza Asadi has been named as General Secretary of Iran Football Federation(IFF) on Saturday.

He replaced Mehdi Mohammad Nabi after he resigned from his post as IFF general secretary.

Asadi is acting president of Iran’s Sports Medicine Federation as well.

He will be officially inaugrated on Sunday.

President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian had already said that Nabi would step down.