INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - With 75 days left of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) almost appointed
Carlos Queiroz as head coach of the Iran national team.The Portuguese coach will return to Iran for a second spell to coach the Iranian team
the presence of Mehdi Taj, the newly re-elected FFIRI president, and the spokesperson of the Federation, Ehsan Osuli, claimed that there was
But there was no discussion about Mr
whose sources were members of the board of directors, Queiroz has been appointed as the new coach of the national team and reported that
Mehdi Taj had reached a complete agreement with the 69-year-old coach.Taj was re-elected president of the Iranian Football Federation at an
extraordinary General Assembly held on Aug
had left Iran on the verge of an early exit of the Asian qualifiers.The Croatian coach did a great job and made Iran the first Asian nation
to book their place via the preliminaries in late January by beating neighbors Iraq 1-0 in Tehran.However, He was never fully supported by
the Iranian Football Federation and finally lost his job in an abnormal condition which is a sign of the turbulence at the IRIFF.Queiroz has
Egypt had also lost the final of the African Nations Cup in January.Queiroz has led Iran at the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
