Mezue ahịrịokwu a: N'abalị itoolu nke ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2018, Fatma Samoura, onye odeakwụkwọ ukwu nke International Federation of Football Association FIFA kwuru na ya ga-arịọ gọọmentị Iran ka ọ kwụsị mmachibido iwu ụmụnwaanyị ịbanye n'ọgbọ egwuregwu. N'abalị asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2019, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, onye ọka iwu ukwu nke Iran, na-akwado mmachibido iwu ahụ, kwuru na o kwesịghị ichegbu FIFA, ma ụmụ nwanyị nọ na Iran nwere ike ịbanye n'ámá egwuregwu ma ọ bụ na ha enweghị ike. Mana, ka FIFA nọgidere na-enye ụmụnwaanyị nsogbu, osote minista egwuregwu IRNA bụ Jamshid Taghizadeh kwuru na a ga-ekwe ka ụmụnwaanyị banye n'ọgbọ egwuregwu Azadi lee egwuregwu ụmụnwoke.
Egwuregwu iko mbaụwa 2022 nke Iran na Cambodia ga-agba n'ọnwa Ọktoba.