According to Mehr reporter, the publication of a statement by several players of the Iranian national football team, including Mehdi Taremi, Karim Ansarifard, Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ehsan Haj Safi, in connection with the situation of the football federation and the national team, prompted the reaction of Hassan Kamranifar, the secretary general of this federation. had
Kamranifar said about the issues raised regarding the interference in the internal affairs of the federation, especially the issue of elections: First of all, it is necessary to mention that the football federation is governed completely independently in accordance with international rules and its own constitution and is not recommended in any field. and there is no interference in the affairs of the Federation.
He added: An example of this issue was the rumors about the intervention in the change of the technical staff of the national team, but in the end, we saw that only the federation made an independent decision in this regard. Although I don’t want to talk about the elections, I would like to point out that the federation acts independently on the basis of its constitution and there is no interference in these issues.
The Secretary General of the Federation said: We should appreciate the supporting role of the Parliament in approving and allocating government aid, especially for the purpose of supporting the national team and pursuing the rewards of national players. When the parliament helps in allocating government aid to the federations, we also consider it our duty to answer to the parliament in the field of how to spend government credits, which is not intervention, but the supervisory duty of the people’s representatives.
This part of Kamrani Far’s statement was related to the request of several national team players for the non-interference of Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Pejmanfar, two MPs, in football and election discussions.
However, Kamrani Far did not respond to this statement that it seems that Mehdi Taj’s election goals are also following one of the options for the presidency of the Football Federation. A discussion that revealed the differences and divisions between Iranian nationals once again.
The Secretary General of the Football Federation said: The explicit demand of the Federation from the members of the national team is to observe professional ethics and not enter into other departments and take a position regarding issues that are not in the player’s responsibility. Division and division in the national team is our red line and we will not tolerate it.
Kamrani Fer added: National team players may have concerns, some of them are right, but these issues should be raised in their own place and between family members. Some actions and behaviors are not acceptable.
In the end, the Secretary General of the Football Federation said: The express desire of the Federation’s Board of Directors is to establish complete discipline and calmness in the national team and to stand against any division, division and marginalization. The federation will take care of the national team with all its might, and of course we will take action to identify external divisive agents of whom we are fully aware and who are trying to get close to the national team with these measures.