Sputnik - Iran captain Masoud Shojaei said on Sunday that his side was "going strong" ahead of their encounter with Portugal. Iran, who suffered a 1-0 loss atthe hands ofSpain onWednesday, will face reigning European champions Portugal intheir next World Cup encounter inSaransk onMonday. The game will kick offat 21:00 Moscow time (18:00 ...

Tasnim - Iran captain Masoud Shojaei said on Thursday that even Iran's experienced players were feeling the stress of playing at the FIFA World Cup. Iran will face Morocco at the 67,000-seater St. Petersburg Stadium in its first match at the World Cup on Friday. A great tournament is ahead of us. Even our experienced players are feeling the stress....

IFP - Iran Football Federation, in a letter to FIFA, has stressed that the two players who appeared in a football match against an Israeli team have not been dropped from the Iranian national football team. In a message sent to FIFA on Saturday night, Irans Football Federation rejected the media reports that it has banned Masoud Shojaie ...

Press TV - The Football Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has strongly condemned Iranian professional footballersMasoud Shojaei and Ehsan Haji Safi, who play for the Greekassociation football club Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, commonly known as Panionios GSS FC,for participating in a match against an Israeli team. Despite ...