According to the Tasnim news agency and quoted from the official website of the Football Federation, the inauguration ceremony of the Secretary General of the Federation with the presence of Mehdi Taj, Mehdi Mohammadnabi, Hedayat Mambini, Daoud Parhishkari and a group of heads and personnel of the Football Federation this afternoon (Tuesday, December 15) in the hall Public relations meetings of the football federation were held, during which Membini was elected as the new general secretary and replaced Parizkari.
Mehdi Taj said, “Don’t be tired” to the participants in the meeting about the previous efforts and efforts for the sixth promotion of the national team to the World Cup: Few teams in the world have the chance to participate in the World Cup, and fortunately our country was one of them. It is no secret that with the short time we had to send the team to the World Cup, we needed a great effort to be able to have a proper presence and away from the sidelines.
He added: As we all witnessed, even until the final moments of the last game, we had a chance to advance to the next stage, which unfortunately did not materialize and, like all people, we are unhappy with the lack of advancement, but there were positive points there, including the rule of law. The national team during the matches and the atmosphere in the stadium, which was accompanied by the 90-minute cheering of the team by the fans, which was undoubtedly the result of the efforts and efforts of all the colleagues of the federation. We should also mention the cooperation and participation of other groups with the football federation, which ultimately made the sending and participation of the Iranian national football team in the World Cup a turning point.
The head of the federation said about the obtained results: We should not ignore the fact that the result in football is determined at the moment and maybe with a little luck we could get the desired result. I would like to thank the head coach, manager, technical staff and players. Also, I would like to give special thanks to Daoud Parhishkari for organizing other expeditions to the World Cup.
Taj added: Our priority after participating in the federation was naturally discussing the national team and determining the status of its head coach. After that, we had the VAR discussion, the work process of which was determined yesterday with the selection of the contractor, and it will be done soon, quickly and non-stop. Another discussion is the issue of the building of the Football Federation in the National Football Center, the construction of which should start quickly and have the football complexes together in one complex. This morning, Parhishkari was introduced as the head of the National Football Center, and his most important priorities are to follow up on the Football Federation building project, to finish the women’s building, and to organize the Shahid Rezaei Majd guest house. We hope this process will proceed as soon as possible. I have to thank him for his efforts during three months of supervision. Hedayat Membini, the Secretary General of the Federation, is also a representative of his presence and has been active in sports and football for many years, and he can certainly do good things for football with his experience.
Hedayat Membini also said in this ceremony: I thank the president of the federation and the members of the board of directors who entrusted me with this heavy duty. I also want to thank Parhishkari and his colleagues for all the hard work they have done in these three months.
He reminded: The biggest global football event is being held and regardless of the image that can be seen on TV, numerous support, administrative and executive forces are busy planning and implementing detailed tasks. On a smaller scale, the football federation in our country is following up on holding competitions, organizing national teams, coordination and planning in the administrative system. It may not be far from reach that in the not too distant future, like the country of Qatar, we will be able to host important and large events, one of the basic needs of which is the agility of the administrative organization of the federation.
The Secretary General of the Federation stated: Just as in a short time after Taj’s re-appearance at the head of the Football Federation, very appropriate measures were taken to organize the national team and send it to the World Cup, we should witness the continuation of the same process in the implementation of VAR, the new project of the Federation building and Be other goals. We should use our extensive efforts with the tact of the chairman and members of the board from now on to achieve the outlined goals. I hope that together with all of you dear ones, we will take better steps to improve football as much as possible.