Team Melli to Enter Austria and Sweden Without Pouladi

TEHRAN (Persian League) -The Iranian Football Federation has made no attempts to get permission for Mehrdad Pouladi and Soroush Rafiei to join Team Melli in its European camps.

Date: 22 February 2015 - 20:16

News ID: ۱۱۲۳۷

Pouladi and Rafiei are tied up with military service and won't be allowed to join Team Melli in their upcoming camps.
The Iranian Football Federation hasn't made any requests to the government in order to have these two players granted special rights, so that they can be allowed off of conscription- even if temporarily.
Team Melli will play Chile, on March 24th, in Austria. Then on March 31st, they will face Sweden at Friends Arena Stadium in Stockholm.