TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) � Iran Football Federation President Ali Kafashian said on Monday that FIFA has approved the national football team�s jersey for the 2014 World Cup.


The jersey, which bears the image of an Asiatic cheetah, will be unveiled on February 1, according to Kafashian.

In a two-day visit to Tehran in early November, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said that he would support the Iranian team�s plan to prevent the extinction of the Asian cheetah.

�We sent a sample of our kit to FIFA, and it has been approved by them. The new kit will be unveiled on February 1,� Kafashian said.

Iran has been drawn with giant Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Nigeria in Group F of the 2014 World Cup.

By Mehr News Agency�

 

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