Sports legal expert: The Football Federation should complain to the FIFA executive board against Infantino/We should advertise the name of the Persian Gulf

Reza Shah Mansouri, in an interview with the sports reporter of Fars news agency, said about the method of protesting the use of fake titles for the competitions of Arab countries bordering the Persian Gulf, he said: It should be taken into account that the use of such titles for competitions is not new and has been going on for years. has a history As about 10 years ago in the Emirates League, they used a fake title instead of the Persian Gulf. This issue has a serious root and of course the discussion is not related to sports but political, legal and sports and it should be acted on in several areas.

He added: What is clear and evident and has been repeated many times is that in numerous records and documents in the field of international law, the waterway in the south of Iran has been referred to as the Persian Gulf, not even the Gulf or the Arabian Gulf. There are many documents that the name of this place is Persian Gulf.

Shah Mansouri pointed out: If the meaning and question is how we should deal with these mischiefs, it should be said that this issue has three aspects. 10 years ago, when something like this happened in the Emirates League, a working group from the Football Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was determined to follow up the discussion. In the current situation, part of the work comes back to the correspondence with the World Federation. There is a possibility of filing a lawsuit for the distortion of the geographic name of a point. Considering the sports aspect of the story, you can file a complaint with the Supreme Sports Court and demand compensation and damages.

He added: We have strong diplomacy at least at the level of Asian football and we should complain to AFC about these matches. We must have correspondence with the host country. Maybe these correspondences have effects and consequences for us, but considering that our approach is sports, from now on, the football federation and even other federations should pay attention to the fact that if they intend to hold a sports event, and sports events have the same dimensions. It has a lot of media, they must use the name of the Persian Gulf. We have to work much more in the field of sports advertising and learning spiritual credits in this way.

Regarding the method of protesting against Gianni Infantino’s action for using this fake title, the sports law expert said: As a legal person, I express my regret regarding the performance of a legal person, the president of FIFA. Infantino definitely knows that fake titles should not be used for geographical places or the names of places that are important for countries or have historical history should be changed behind the scenes.

Shah Mansouri stated: The Football Federation should express its protest against the action of the FIFA president and write to the executive board of the World Federation for this purpose, and this letter should also be registered. In addition, the issue should be followed in the Asian Football Federation.

He added: Considering that the president of FIFA has committed a violation, the executive committee has the possibility to reprimand or even fine him as a member of this body. If the Football Federation and even the Ministry of Sports apply more pressure, we can hope that we will not see the repetition of such actions from now on. At least we can use these effective legal measures in the field of sports diplomacy.

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