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Iran’ s football federation said Friday it has been banned from hosting international matches inside the country .
The “ federation received a letter today from the Asian Football Confederation … announcing the decision to hold AFC Champions League matches hosted by Iranian teams in neutral countries , ” said a statement on the federation’ s website .
An extraordinary meeting was immediately held to address the situation and the managers of the four clubs representing Iran in the tournament will be consulted on Saturday , it added .
Those teams are Persepolis , Esteghlal, Sepahan and Shahr Khodro .
“ The final position of Iranian clubs and the federation will be announced in the following days” .
The federation did not state the reason for the ban.
The federation ’s spokesman said Iran is prepared to host foreign teams and has guaranteed match security to the AFC , calling on the organisation to stand against any accusations stating otherwise.
“ Iran has the full readiness to host teams and has proven this repeatedly in recent years,” said Amir Mehdi Alavi on the federation ’s website .
He pointed to last year ’s AFC Champion’ s League finals held in Tehran and said “ the sports minister has given the AFC the needed security assurances regarding hosting” teams.
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The “ federation received a letter today from the Asian Football Confederation … announcing the decision to hold AFC Champions League matches hosted by Iranian teams in neutral countries , ” said a statement on the federation’ s website .
An extraordinary meeting was immediately held to address the situation and the managers of the four clubs representing Iran in the tournament will be consulted on Saturday , it added .
Those teams are Persepolis , Esteghlal, Sepahan and Shahr Khodro .
“ The final position of Iranian clubs and the federation will be announced in the following days” .
The federation did not state the reason for the ban.
The federation ’s spokesman said Iran is prepared to host foreign teams and has guaranteed match security to the AFC , calling on the organisation to stand against any accusations stating otherwise.
“ Iran has the full readiness to host teams and has proven this repeatedly in recent years,” said Amir Mehdi Alavi on the federation ’s website .
He pointed to last year ’s AFC Champion’ s League finals held in Tehran and said “ the sports minister has given the AFC the needed security assurances regarding hosting” teams.
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