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UPDATE 1-FIFA suspends Iran from all international soccer

     فیفا ایران را از تمامی دیدارهای بین المللی محروم کرد.

اگر می شد مثل اینترنت فوتبال را هم ملی را کرد تمام مشکلات حل می شد. !!

Iran has been suspended from all international soccer activity because of government interference in running the game in the country, world ruling body FIFA said on Thursday.

The move comes just five months after Iran took part in the World Cup finals in Germany and a week after they secured a place in the 2008 Asian Cup finals, winning their qualifying group by beating South Korea 2-0 in Tehran.

An Iranian news agency said Iran did not accept the decision and decribed it as "completely illegitimate". Fans in the soccer-mad country were stunned.

"I am totally shocked because I love football and I always follow the Iranian national soccer squad with 100 percent enthusiasm," said Hassan Alizad, a 43-year-old driver, who had revelled in Iran's success at reaching the Asian Cup finals.

"It will break a streak of honours," he said.

Mohsen Jamali, a 45-year-old barber and football fanatic, said: "I feel injured at hearing this news...I still hope that somehow the decision will be reversed."

FIFA's Emergency Committee, composed of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and one representative of each of the six FIFA confederations took the decision at a meeting on Wednesday.

In a statement FIFA said they had decided to "suspend the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) from all international activity due to government interference in football matters and violation of Article 17 of the FIFA Statutes."      Continued...