The head of marketing of the Iranian football federation FFIRI has confirmed that his federation is negotiating a new contract for the supply of kits to all the teams of different levels and age groups in FFIRI.

Mohammad Derakhshan who is the head of Marketing committee of FFIRI confirmed that his federation is in negotiation with the German giants Adidas, to supply Iranian national teams for the upcoming season until World Cup 2018.

Derakhshan said there have been a few questions that are still pending responses from the German sports good manufacturers. He also confirmed that an Italian supplier has approached FFIRI for the same purpose. No final decision has been reached yet by the FFIRI.

Currently , FFIRI is under contract with another German supplier UHLSports.

The relationship between UHLSports and FFIRI was marred by accusations of poor quality control claims. Carlos Queiroz and some of his players have claimed that the German company has supplied the team with inferior quality kits while UHLSports have vehemently denied such claims and threatened to take legal action against those false accusations.