{"id":30709,"date":"2018-02-07T12:49:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:49:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:49:14","slug":"fifa-president-infantino-invited-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/02\/07\/fifa-president-infantino-invited-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President Infantino invited to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tehran Times – TEHRAN, The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to come to Iran on March 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Iranian football officials will negotiate with the FIFA President about the AFC Champions League home and away basis in the current season.<\/p>\n

The Saudi Arabian football teams will not travel to Iran to face their Iranian counterparts despite Asian Football Confederation has ordered they should not play in neutral venues.<\/p>\n

The Iranian officials are optimistic about solving the problem.<\/p>\n

Infantino will reportedly attend Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal in his two-day visit.<\/p>\n

The Iranian media reports suggest that Infantino, who will travel to Tehran via private jet, is going to meet with Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani.<\/p>\n

The Swiss-Italian will also meet Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar.<\/p>\n

In the fifth FIFA Executive Football Summit in 2017\/2018 series which was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in January, FFIRI President Mehdi Taj invited Gianni Infantino to travel to Iran.<\/p>\n

Infantino visited Iran two years ago when he was seeking the Persian Gulf country\u2019s support for his bid to become FIFA President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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