Ali Kaffashian, the head of the FFIRI has been quite accommodating to the Team Melli coach , Carlos Queiroz as he was counting on the Portuguese coach to save him from certain dismissal by public demand, if Iran failed to reach the World Cup. Queiroz managed to achieve that , despite a stuttering start, and saved Kaffashian blushes. However, there is one serious issue that Kaffashian is going to insist upon Queiroz and it seems that it could reach to a loggerhead.

Due to the over-extended budget of the football federation , Kafashian has demanded that Queiroz reduce his Team Melli technical staff by two.

Currently , Carlos Queiroz has a mini army with him consisting of  Omid Namazi , Dan Gasper, Markar Aghajanian , Antonio Simoez, Mikko Kujala (Fitness trainer) , Alireza Mansourian and Ebrahim Khanban ( analyzer). He also employed his mate Vingada for a short period ,but no finical arrangement was announced for that appointment.

If the coaching staff of Team Melli is eventually reduced due to financial constraints, it is most probably the Iranian assistant coaches who will lose their jobs.

In a separate news but related to the financial situation of  the FEderation and which demands a big budget ahead of the World Cup participation, Kaffashain met Ali Larijani the speaker of the parliament. Kaffashian explained the necessity for the government and the parliament to support Team Melli by releasing funds towards the program of preparation. Larijani , expressed his satisfaction with Team Melli progress and promised to discuss the matter with the concerned parties in the parliament.