The continuing saga of fraud, corruption, deception and scam continues unabated in Iran’s football.

After the suspension of 21 players from football activities accused of holding fake Military Services Waivers certificates, the authorities announced that in total , there are actually over 120 footballers that are currently under investigation and special committees are setup to audit their documents.

To add insult to the injury , today the Head and Chief Executive of Iran’s Tax Revenue Administration, Ali Askari , has accused the clubs and footballers of concealing the actual contracts, producing false duplicate copies of contracts to the authorities, falsifying contract figures and many other fraudulent acts all aimed at deceiving the tax authority.

The Famous Ali Parvin , who was the subject of numerous rumors that he is involved in fraud and siphoning of money from Persepolis Clubs, which is on verge of bankruptcy as we speak, has been banned from leaving the country pending investigations by the authorities. The accusation against him is not clear.

Askari denied any knowledge of Parvin’s case details and said that proper investigation will be carried out and made public in time.

Asked about Carlos Queiroz tax situation, Askari said “I am not sure about the figure and cannot vouch for it, what I can say for sure is that Queiroz taxes due were paid while working in Iran.”

Askari , who is also the Deputy Minister for Finance and Economy , said that there was only one case of a foreign national working as a football coach which we had to act upon because of tax evasion. In that case his employer paid the taxes due and the coach was release from any travel ban”

“After last year’s warning about tax evasion , the majority of the footballers and other athletes started taking the tax situation seriously and filled the appropriate forms. However, and unfortunately , we believe that many of the footballers contracts are false and unreal. There are many ways for the clubs to compensate footballers and avoid paying tax. We know all the tricks and they and the employers should also know that they are breaking the law.” Askari added.

Askari provided a simple formula for tax of players whose contract is over 1 billion Toman “Such revenue entails paying 200 to 300 million Toman in tax”