AMMAN (JT) –– The Iranian Football Federation (IFF) on Thursday announced its support for HRH Prince Ali’s candidacy for the position of FIFA vice president as a representative for Asia, according to a statement posted on the Jordan Football Association (JFA) website. After a meeting with Prince Ali in Amman on Thursday, IFF President Ali Kashaffian, stressed that he will vote for the Prince in the election slated for January 6 in Doha. “We enjoy good relations with the JFA and we discussed Prince Ali’s candidacy for the FIFA vice president position and we [IFF] stressed our full support for him,” Kashaffian said. “We will announce to everyone through our media outlets in Iran that we back His Royal Highness and we will ask everyone to stand by him during the elections,” he added. He said that discussions also covered ways to boost Asian football, indicating that Prince Ali has “brilliant” ideas to develop the game in the continent that deserve to be supported, the statement said. Prince Ali highlighted the importance of Iran’s support. In October, Prince Ali, head of the JFA and the West Asian Football Federation, officially announced his nomination for the FIFA position.
10 December 2010
Source: The Jordan Times.
Link: http://jordantimes.com/?news=32512.
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