Khosravi: No referee in Iran has a color interest

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Ali Khosravi said about today’s meeting between the members of the committee and the arbitration department with the officials of the football federation: When I entered the hall, the photos of media personalities such as Ali Maudet, Ata Bahmanesh, Parviz Zahedi, Abbas Abdulmaleki, Nasser Ahmedpour, Hossein Motamedi And I saw… It is a beautiful thing that the memory of these loved ones is alive here. God willing, their families will always be in perfect health. After the events of the 10th week today, Mehdi Taj held a meeting with the members of the judges’ committee. Mehdi Nabi, Hedayat Membini, Mohammad Reza Kishorifard, Sohail Mehdi and Mohammad Hossein Hamisi, myself, Khodadad Afsharian, Ismail Safiri, Hossein Zargar, Mrs. Keshavarz and Daniyal Moradi were present in this meeting.

He added: Various cases were raised and all the issues raised by Afsharian were finalized. Taj gave full explanations. Afsharian also mentioned various problems. Finally, we have 8 resolutions.

He added: Judges who judge well judge consecutively in different weeks. For example, if 2-3 referees whistle well every week and the scores of the observers are good for them, they will judge the next week, and if this good judgment is repeated, they will judge the following week as well.

The member of the judges’ committee emphasized: It was approved to update the judges’ fees. With the new decision of the judges’ committee, the total fees should be settled every 2 months instead of being paid year by year. The league organization announced its readiness in this regard and Taj himself insisted on this very much that their fees and all their travel expenses be settled every 2 months. The arbitration arrangement must be under the direct supervision and responsibility of the chairman of the arbitrators committee. According to the procedure of FIFA and AFC, the draft and tables are done by the department in full in all categories. 2 members of the jury committee also consult and approve, help and supervise, but Afsharian gives the final opinion. It was like this in the past, but we did not say it so clearly until now.

Khosravi clarified: The performance of assistant referees is provided to the members of the referees committee every week. Of course, since only one to two members of the committee are in Tehran and the others are in the city, their performance, grades, positive and negative parts are known to the committee members, and they all have the grades. Now everyone knows how much and how the referee judged or how much his score is. The fifth is that, under direct orders from the Crown to support arbitrators, all planning for country arbitration is done within the committee itself. It is not in any way that there is any talk, advice or pressure from any place. The referees committee may give a referee 4 games during the month. The committee of judges knows the advisability of judging. Many provinces may not know or want to get into this matter. In general, the judges’ committee has not accepted any interference for the arrangement and its powers have increased from the past. Although he had such authority in the past.

He continued: Taj emphasized that this work should be done by the committee of judges. This is the first time that such a discussion is said so clearly. Usually, referees who made mistakes during the season and changed the result of the game, their score is below 4.7. If a referee gets such a score three times, he will be relegated to League One either in the middle of the season or at the end of the season. Every judge wants to be of any degree. We have to measure.

The member of the referees’ committee emphasized: Fortunately, 10 radio systems will be purchased by the league organization soon and will be available to the referees’ committee. That is, in the situation where we need 8 systems for every week’s games, we buy 10 systems to have 2 systems in reserve. At least, if we had these systems in the 9th week, the referees would not have gone to each other in the tractor and textile game, or the soldiers and sailors. There are referees, assistant referees, lecturers and supervisors who are very active in cyberspace, but other referees do not have the right to be a member of cyberspace. A referee and assistant referee should no longer explain their performance in such an environment. The members of the referees and public relations committee of the federation are present, and men and women referees and assistant referees, football, futsal and beach soccer do not have the right to work in virtual space. This meeting had a very good outcome.

Khosravi stated: Of course, Afsharian was responsible for the arrangement in the past, which was emphasized once again in this meeting because some people said that the committee members did not know anything or did not know the grades. All these people are very dear to us. They are our teachers and friends, but it is not like Ali Khosravi goes anywhere to work without being seen. We emphasize that the responsibility for arrangement and accountability lies with Afsharian, but as usual, the head of the department prepares the tables. 2 members of the committee, who may be Safiri or Zargar or me, give their opinion. I may have an opinion on an assistant referee and we will help the Afsharians. He also makes the final review and after approval, he notifies the Secretary General.

In response to the criticism that the judges’ committee needs the spirit and energy of youth, he said: “Dear ones who do not cooperate with the judges’ committee, if they have a plan for this committee or know the educational system that can help them, let us know.” We are sincere to them and attract them.

A member of the referees’ committee explained about Ali Khatir’s recent statements that it is better not to use referees who belong to color: I like Ali Khatir, but be sure that all referees in Iran love themselves more than all the teams. There is a time when they have interests in childhood, but when they take an oath or wear this holy garment, they ask us to be pure and cultivate. I started refereeing when I was 20 years old, but we don’t have referees who belong to a team or want to support a team because we will soon find out. We have observers, many of whom work at the level of major tournaments. We have an observer who has been to the World Championships and Nations Cup five times. If we have it, it will show itself very easily, but fortunately, our judges are very clean, technical and good, and we should help them more.

He asked whether it has been decided that referees should not use mobile phones during the game. He said: We entrusted all observers and representatives of the federation, the referee who wants to enter the game should turn off his phone. We are not the supervisory authority to take the referees’ phones, but the phone should be turned off and turned on after the game, because sometimes the media takes from some semi-experts. We are grateful for the expertise of these friends, but do not do this between the 2 halves because it will cause problems for the stadium. The referee may see and make a mistake. We did not give an order, but you asked the referees not to use their mobile phones during those 4 hours.

In response to the question of what should be done if the refereeing situation does not improve with these meetings, the member of the referees committee said: We will definitely hold another meeting. In this one month, we are trying to reach a result with radio systems or other encouraging measures, and if it doesn’t work, we will definitely have a meeting next month. We will check what is wrong with these 8 approved items and we will check further. In addition, from this week, the committee members will conduct training for all 8 games with 32 referees, assistant referees and the fourth referee. We will add other judges to this webinar. We did this last night and it worked very well.

Regarding why domestic companies do not register on the FIFA website for the production of a video assistant referee system in order to receive the desired license, he said: There are a series of guarantees, the amounts of which are high. Maybe our domestic companies can’t afford it. There is so much good news about VAR coming that I think I will be able to give better news in a month.

Khosravi stated that the missing link in Iran’s refereeing is education and Safiri is not an update: He has been overseeing the refereeing of Asian competitions for about 16 years. In terms of English, he is one of the most complete people who teaches because he knows English literature. This year’s class was taught by Masoud Moradi and Safiri. Last year, the Spanish teacher came, but the children said that our education was better this year. Our teachers and supervisors are very good. Mrs. Shakuri is an international lecturer. I always regret why the likes of Safiri and Moradi are not teachers in Asia. Sometimes there are job competitions between Iran and other countries, but Safiri, Masoud Moradi, Sokhdan, Khanum Shakuri, Parisa Moradi, Daniyal Moradi Mousavi, Asr Pima, Sohrabi and Rajabi are all among our best instructors and many are among the instructors of FIFA and Asia.

Regarding the fact that some referees believe that love and hatred have an effect on the arrangement of referees and that Afsharian may have a problem with refereeing and replace another referee for a match, he said: A person who has love and hatred cannot work anywhere in football. . Whether he is a coach or a manager, Afsharian not only has no grudges but is kinder than we think. We have seen this in his work. Sometimes I tell him to be a little stricter! There is no malice, love or grudge. I know that he has not slept for 8 hours this week. He is a good person and works. We have to help him. The members of this committee of judges are all experienced. They have judged tough competitions in the country and worked abroad. This committee of arbitrators and Afsharians has no quarrel with any arbitrator in any province.

Khosravi stated that it is said that television referee experts are in harmony with each other: No, I am a referee expert in a fixed program. I am in no way related to the other two experts. By the way, I really like my opinion to differ with them so that we know the difficulty of the referee’s work. Some of our loved ones and students are mischievous. If this is the case, the rate of the program will decrease. If we are in harmony, that program will not understand? By the way, TV shows themselves know how to judge. We may question and consult and have disagreements, but God is witness that we do not have such a thing.

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