Mehrdad Pooladi has been suspended by the football league as a result of a ruling by the Government organization for employments.

The ruling has been issued because Pooladi has failed to produce a genuine “Certificate of Release from Military Service.” When the Al Shahaniya player was summoned by the authorities either to produce different documents or proceed on the mandatory 2 years military service, Pooladi , however , failed to show up. At some stage , his continuous failure to turn up might end up quite costly if he is labeled as a deserter.  

As such, Pooladi being suspended from football activities in Iran , he will not be selected for Team Melli and as of now , it is pretty certain that the best performing Iranian player in the FIFA World Cup 2014 will be missing from the roster for the AFC Asian Cup 2015.

The ruling does not affect Pooladi’s playing outside of Iran and it is not binding for his Qatari club.