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Iran to receive 2014 FIFA World Cup frozen assets

9 February 2017 17:57 (UTC+04:00)
Iran to receive 2014 FIFA World Cup frozen assets

By Trend

Iran will receive its frozen assets that it should have received for its ascendance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

“I was told this week that the problem has been fixed and the money will be transferred soon,” Sports Minister Masoud Soltafifar said, IRIB news agency reported February 8.

Former minister of sports Mahmoud Goudarzi said in August 2015 that Iran was to receive a total of $10 million, adding that by that time only $1 million of the money had remained frozen.

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