According to the Mehr news agency and quoted by the website of the Football Federation, in 18 days until the start of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, FIFA announced the names of the referees for the matches of the Iranian national team against Hong Kong and Uzbekistan.
According to FIFA’s decision, Malaysian referees named Mohammad Nazmi Nasreddin (referee), Mohammad Bin Khalil and Aref Bin Abdul Rasid (assistant) will judge the match between Iran and Hong Kong. The fourth referee of this match is Yasin Ben Tuan from Malaysia.
Also, according to FIFA’s announcement, Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad (center referee), Mohammad Ahmed Al-Hamdi, Mohammad Hassan Al-Mahri (assistant) and Habib Ismail (reserve referee), all four of the Emirates will form the refereeing team for the Iran-Uzbekistan match.
