{"id":44339,"date":"2021-12-02T19:38:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44339"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:38:19","slug":"womens-football-discussed-as-infantino-meets-iranian-football-chief-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/12\/02\/womens-football-discussed-as-infantino-meets-iranian-football-chief-in-doha\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s football discussed as Infantino meets Iranian football chief in Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Insidethegames.biz &#8211; DOHA, <strong>FIFA President Gianni Infantino has met Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) President Shahabaldin Azizi Khadem in Doha, with talks over women\u2019s football claimed to be on the agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was held alongside the FIFA Arab Cup, which is serving as a test event for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA has faced issues with the FFIRI in recent years, with government interference and Iran\u2019s policy of banning women from entering stadiums among key issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FFIRI held its Presidential election earlier this year, while FIFA demanded changes be made to the FFIRI&#8217;s statutes, alleging Government interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA first told the FFIRI changes needed to be made in 2019 and last May rejected a set of FFIRI documents it judged did not resolve the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FFIRI was threatened with suspension if its statutes were not brought in line with FIFA requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elections were held in February after the FFIRI resolved FIFA\u2019s concerns, with Khadem beating rival Kiumars Hashemi by 49 votes to 38 in the second round of voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khadem vowed to organise the federation following his election, as well as promising to promote women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA said the meeting between Infantino and Khadem in Doha saw exchanges over women\u2019s football, overall infrastructure and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FFIRI quoted Infantino following the meeting, with the FIFA President having reportedly stressed the importance of the federation\u2019s statutes being adhered to and ensuring women can attend matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insidethegames.biz &#8211; DOHA, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has met Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,92,91,86,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c20-other-news","category-c13-team-melli-news","category-world-cup"],"views":603,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44341,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44339\/revisions\/44341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}