President of the Football Federation of Iran (FFIRI), in a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country, discussed and exchanged views on the active diplomacy in the field of football and the difficulties during the embargo period.
According to the ECO Cultural Institute, quoting IRNA, Shahabuddin Azizi Khadem, president of the Football Federation, praised the significant presence of Mohammad Javad Zarif in the field of diplomacy and emphasized the importance of football to improve the public's overall happiness and called for using all the capacities of the country’s diplomacy to host Football matches.