Three Iranian match officials to feature at Russia 2018
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Loading...FIFA – ZURICH, The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, representing 46 different countries, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.
During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the selected match officials will operate in a variety of roles, e.g. referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, reserve assistant referees and video match officials.
Iran’s Alireza Faghani was among the 36 match referees to be selected from around the world. Faghani returns to the world stage after featuring in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, as well as the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
In addition, Mohammadreza Mansouri and Reza Sokhandan have both also been selected as 2 of the 63 Assistant Referees to feature during the international tournament in June this year.
