Mohsen Safaei Farahani
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Mohsen Safaei Farahani (Persian: محسن صفایی فراهانی ) is an Iranian politician.
[edit] Career
He is a member of Mosharekat Party, the main reformist party in Iran under President Khatami. He was a Majlis representative from Tehran from 1999 to 2003. He was also the President of the Iranian Football Federation from 1998 to 2002.
[edit] IFF Transitory Board
In November 2006 the federation was suspended by FIFA [1], due to government interference in football matters. In less than a month the ban was lifed and a new Transitory Board was composed of Farahani as chairman, Kiomars Hashemi as deputy chairman and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar, Dr Hassan Ghafiri, Dr Mohammad Khabiri and Ali Reghbati as members.
The Transitory Board came to an end on January 9th, 2008, when Ali Kaffashian was elected as the new president of the Iran Football Federation.
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