The Chinese referee Ma Ning has been assigned to referee the Iraq-Iran match scheduled to be played in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday 7th September 2021 in Matchday 2 of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Asian Qualifiers.

the 42 years old Ma Ning has been a FIFA referee since 2011 while in 2019 the Chinese Football Association hired him as a full-time professional referee.

The match which will be without spectators is the second for both teams and will start at 21:00 local time (22:30 Iran Time)

Iran leads the group with three points while Iraq has one point after a respectable draw away to South Korea.