Three Iranians among best Asian football referees
Iranian referees Hassan Akrami, Bijan Heydari and Payam Heydari have been elected as among the best people in Asia responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game and officiating soccer matches.
The head of the Referees Committee of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), Fereydoun Esfahanian, said on Sunday that the trio has passed successfully passed the tests administered by the Asian Football Confederation, and entered their names in the latest list of elite referees of the governing body of association soccer in Asia and Australia.
Esfahanian went on to say that the three Iranian soccer referees claimed the achievements during a course in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur, which started on August 5 and ran until August 10.
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