Following the challenges posed by the implementation of the law prohibiting the retired employees of the government from taking paid employment at any organizations, including NGO’s, the Football Federation FFIRI was a tricky case. The Speaker of the Parliament summed up the issue, and said that all retirees (including those of the most challenging sports federation of Iran) will soon have to withdraw from their positions and posts.
According to ISNA, the issue of the exclusion of the law on football federation in recent months has posed a lot of challenges, and various interpretations of the law passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly, but ultimately Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, during the meeting with the Board of Directors of the Football Federation, declared that retired Football Federation Directors are also included in the law governing retired employees and hence are required to enforce and abide by it.
Some scholars believed that implementing this law in football could have negative effects, including the suspension of the Iranian Football Federation FFIRI by FIFA , but the Speaker of the Consultative Assembly, emphasizing that the government has not been involved in the initiation, amendment or enforcement of this law, said it is willing to sign an official document with the federation and ensure compliance with FIFA Code of Conduct to prevent any possible involvement of the international body in the implementation of this law in Iran.
Based on that Mehdi Taj , President of the Football Federation, Mohammad Reza Saket, General Secretary, Abdul Kazem Taleghani, Heydar Baharvand, Mahmoud Islamiyan, Fereydoon Isfahanian and Ali Kafashian, members of the board of directors of the federation are all forced to leave their posts in Seoul building.
The Consultative Assembly, is technically a non government legislative body and hence its decrees are not part of government executive powers. FIFA has not clearly defined such laws on non-government bodies interference. This law, which was debated in the Majlis( Parliament) has had good popular support.
It is not clear if Mehdi Taj will file a complaint with FIFA, however, he has declared in recent interview that he will abide by the law of the nation.