Football Federation , the governing body of Persian football. Their mission is to organize all professional and amateur football leagues from top to bottom, as well as manage the men’s and women’s national football teams.FFIRI was founded in 1920 and became a member of FIFA in 1945 and of the AFC in 1958 .On 23 November 2006, the federation was suspended by FIFA due to government interference in football matters.
FIFA rules dictate that a national football association must remain autonomous from the national government. However, on December 17, 2006, the ban was lifted and a new Interim Board was formed with Mohsen Safaei Farahani as chairman, Kioumars Hashemi as vice-chairman and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar, Hassan Ghaffari, Mohammad Khabiri and Ali Reghbati as members.
