Taj won the three-candidate race with 51 votes. The football federation acting president Mirshad Majedi earned 25 votes and Azizollah Mohammadi finished in third place with four votes.

He replaced Shahaboddin Azizi Khadem, who was removed from the presidency of IRIFF in February, a year after he had been appointed president.

The football federation’s website had announced that the General Assembly would not be held on Tuesday for non-compliance with the law.

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On Sunday, two Iranian league matches, Nassaji Mazandaran vs Foolad Khuzestan and Esteghlal’s trip to Pars Jonoubi Jam, were postponed after Foolad and Esteghlal reported 16 and 13 coronavirus cases among their team members respectively on Saturday.

The identities of those with a positive test result remain unknown, but Esteghlal’s skipper Voria Ghafouri, Mohammad Daneshgar, Farshid Esmaeili, and Dariush Shojaeian are said to be among the infected players in the Tehran-based side.

The Blues refused to fly to Jam on Saturday after the outcome of the tests and manager Farhad Majidi called off the team’s training sessions for two weeks.

However, Mehdi said all reported players and staff members of the two sides will have to be retested in medical centers authorized by the Health Ministry before the Disciplinary Committee makes a final decision on two matches.

Should the new tests confirm the two clubs’ reports, Mahdi said, their Sunday’s games will be declared postponed – otherwise it could lead to disciplinary consequences for Esteghlal and Foolad.

According to the instructions laid out by the federation, a league game would be postponed only if more than a quarter of a team’s members test positive for COVID-19.

The Persian Gulf Pro League returned to action on June 24 after a nearly four-month suspension caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

Saturday’s fixtures saw leader Persepolis claim a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Shahin Bushehr at the Azadi Stadium, thanks to Mehdi Torabi’s second-half goal.

Elsewhere, Tractor was back in the winning ways after an Ehsan Haj-Safi brace gave the Tabriz-based side a 2-0 home win over San’at Naft Abadan.

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He went on to say that he has reached an agreement with the Croatian manager for ending the contract, adding that the team will be guided by an Iranian coach.

Two of Iran’s young managers and Team Melli former players namely Yahya Golmohammadi and Javad Nekounam have been linked with the job.

Iran booked a place at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship as one of four best runners-up while Iraq advanced to the event as Group C winners of the qualification round.

The 2020 AFC U23 Championship will be the fourth edition of the AFC U23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men’s under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held from Jan. 8 to 26, 2020 in Thailand.

The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics men’s football tournament in Japan as the AFC representatives.

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Other elected vice presidents of the AFC include Saoud A. Aziz M A Al-Mohannadi (Qatar) from West Zone, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (Pakistan) from South Zone, Zaw Zaw (Myanmar) from ASEAN Zone, and Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar (Mongolia) from East Zone.

The full list of elected members for AFC Executive Committee and FIFA Council can be seen here.

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