President of Iran’s Football Federation.

 The head of Iran’s football federation in a reaction to questions about the possibility of playing friendly games with Spain or Portugal during the proposed Team Melli camp in Europe , responded by saying that is is only a prelimiary talk and suggestion by Carlos Queiroz , There has benn no actin taken in this respect.”

  Ali Kaffashian , in an interview with sports reporter of Iranian Students News Agency ISNA was quoted saying that “At the present,  we must direct our attention and focus on Team Melli qualifying for the FIFA world cup, which is our top priority. The national team camp in Europe will be conducted in case our team makes the play-off or manages to qualify directly to the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil 2014.”

The Head of IRIFF added “Carlos Queiroz’s request has not been acted upon yet it is just a wish at this stage. Of course we will be analyzing the situation in due course when the  time is appropriate.” “We hope that our national team is one of the two teams that qualifies directly to the world cup but otherwise we will programs the National Team accordingly to the future fixtures and participation .”

Iran is currently third in the group and a play-off is a possibility if the team can achieve the third place in the group.

Iran’s next match in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 is against Qatar in Doha, where a 3 point is vital for its progress.