<p class="reg-lead">Resolutions of the Board of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran on pre-season transfers for the 2026–27 Persian Gulf Pro League season, notified to the clubs.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Notified</td><td><b>28 June 2026</b> — Public Relations Office of the Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Subject matter</td><td>Settling the unfinished 2025–26 season and setting the transfer conditions for the new season</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>In force</strong> — full text below on this page</td></tr>
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<h2>Why these resolutions matter</h2>
<p>With these resolutions the Federation's Board has taken two major decisions: <strong>the 2025–26 Pro League season remains unfinished</strong> and the table is frozen as it stands; and the twenty-sixth season will begin with 18 teams. Alongside these, two significant contractual rules have been laid down: where a player has received more than <strong>75% of the value of their 2025–26 contract</strong>, a unilateral termination by that player counts as <strong>termination without just cause</strong> and its consequences fall on the player; and the ceiling on foreign players at each Pro League club has been reduced from 8 to <strong>4</strong>.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec"><h2>Full text of the resolutions</h2><p>By resolution of the Board of the Football Federation, the twenty-fifth season of the Persian Gulf Pro League (the 2025–26 season) remains unfinished owing to the enemy's savage attack on our country, and the league table is frozen as it currently stands. The twenty-sixth season of the Pro League (the 2026–27 season) will begin with 18 teams on Friday 7 August 2026. Further, under the resolution of the Board of the Football Federation, at the end of next season's Pro League competition the bottom 4 teams in the table will be relegated to the Azadegan League. On transfers, the following resolutions were notified to the clubs: 1. Relying on article 14bis paragraph 3 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, and on article 14bis paragraph 3 of the Transfer Regulations approved by the Football Federation in May–June 2025, and having regard to the country's wartime and force-majeure conditions and the unfinished Pro League competition, it was resolved, in order to preserve the integrity of the competition and to assist the position of Pro League players and clubs, that a temporary amendment be applied solely for the 2025–26 season.</p>
<p>On this basis, Pro League clubs will be permitted to pay players, by way of their contractual obligations, up to a ceiling of seventy-five per cent (75%) of the value of the 2025–26 contract. Where a player has received less than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the value of their 2025–26 contract, the right to terminate the contract with just cause remains reserved to them, provided that, following notification of this resolution, they give written notice to the debtor club and grant the club a period of forty-five (45) days to perform its financial obligations up to that ceiling. Naturally, where a player has received more than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the value of their 2025–26 contract, a unilateral termination of the contract by that player will be deemed a termination without just cause, and liability for all effects and consequences arising from it will rest with the terminating party. 2.</p>
<p>In view of the economic conditions prevailing at the clubs, it was resolved that the number of foreign players permitted for each Pro League club be reduced from eight (8) to four (4), and that each club may use a maximum of four foreign players.</p></div>

FFIRI Board Resolutions on Transfers — July 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The "Financial Discipline, Transparency and Stability" Directive — the new framework for financial oversight of Iranian football clubs.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Approval by the Board of Directors</td><td>September 2025</td></tr>
<tr><td>Approval by the General Assembly</td><td><b>December 2025</b> — by 70 votes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Notification to clubs</td><td><b>19 July 2026</b> — Premier League clubs</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>In force from the 2026-27 season</strong> — the full text has not yet been published publicly</td></tr>
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<h2>What does this directive change?</h2>
<p>The most significant regulatory development in Iranian football in recent years: with the implementation of this directive, the <strong>budget cap rule</strong>, which for two seasons formed the basis of clubs' transfer activity, is removed from the operational process and replaced by a supervisory system based on financial discipline — the same logic known in world football as financial fair play. In the federation's official terms, the central issue is not "cost control"; it is establishing a <strong>balance between revenue, expenditure and financial transparency</strong>.</p>
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<h2>Principal requirements announced<span class="reg-tag">Based on the federation's official announcement</span></h2>
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<li><b class="t">Audited financial statements</b>Clubs are required to submit audited annual and interim financial statements to the federation on a regular basis.</li>
<li><b class="t">Public disclosure</b>The same reports must be <strong>published on the club's official website</strong> so as to ensure transparency towards supporters and the public — a requirement without precedent in Iranian football.</li>
<li><b class="t">Five-year horizon</b>The stated objective is for clubs to reach, by <strong>2030</strong>, a satisfactory position in respect of initial capital, ownership rights, financial transparency, accumulated losses, and cost and revenue management.</li>
<li><b class="t">Non-discriminatory enforcement</b>The federation has stated that the success of this course depends on precise implementation, continuous supervision and non-discriminatory treatment of all clubs.</li>
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<h2>Where is the full text?</h2>
<p>The directive was notified to Premier League clubs on 19 July 2026, but its full text has not yet been published publicly. What appears on this page is based on the General Assembly's resolution and the official reports of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran; as soon as the full text is published, this page will be updated.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this directive matters to</h2>
<p>For club managers, the obligation to prepare and publish audited financial statements begins with this season, and it is enforced through the federation's supervision. For players and clubs' creditors, mandatory financial transparency is also a new instrument for assessing the financial capacity of the contracting counterparty. Alongside this directive, the Board of Directors' resolutions on transfers — including the reduction of the limit on foreign players to 4 — are available on this site.</p>
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FFIRI Financial Discipline, Transparency and Stability Directive

<p class="reg-lead">Iran Youth Football Programme and Regulations, adopted 1403 — the comprehensive youth football instrument.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>1403</b> — Executive Board of the Football Federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>60 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing edition</strong></td></tr>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The complete framework for youth football in Iran, from definitions to the implementation programme: age categories, festivals for ages 6 to 12, grassroots football (non-professional football open to all regardless of ability level and without discrimination), coaching education, and <strong>child safeguarding</strong> against threats and abuse.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Child safeguarding</b>The document expressly defines "child safeguarding" and incorporates it into the programme — the first time this has appeared in a regulatory instrument on youth football in Iran, in line with FIFA and AFC requirements.</li>
<li><b class="t">Link to international bodies</b>The document's definitions are framed on the basis of FIFA and AFC instruments and extend even to minifootball and its international federation.</li>
<li><b class="t">Replaces the season-specific instrument</b>Youth age categories were previously governed by the regulations for the 1394-95 season, which are available in this section; the 1403 document puts a comprehensive, multi-year framework in their place.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Football schools, clubs operating youth teams and provincial associations. The child safeguarding requirements are a direct legal obligation for every body working with players under 18.</p>
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Iran Youth Football Programme and Regulations 1403

<p class="reg-lead">Directive on the Recruitment of Foreign Players and Coaches — Iran Football League Organisation.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Authority</td><td>Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>5 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong> — no date of adoption is printed on this document</td></tr>
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<h2>What this directive determines</h2>
<p>The conditions each Premier League club must satisfy before concluding a contract with a foreign player or coach in order for the contract to be registered and the card to be issued.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Settlement of FIFA and CAS awards is the first condition</b>A club is permitted to conclude a contract with a foreign player or coach only where it has paid, or reached agreement with the opposing party on, <strong>all overdue payables and debts that have given rise to a final decision before FIFA or the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)</strong>. Confirmation of the absence of debt rests with the Federation's International Relations Department and Players' Status Committee, and the club must obtain the confirmation before registration.</li>
<li><b class="t">Minimum sporting record for an Asian player</b>A player from the first-tier countries of Asia and Oceania (including Japan, South Korea, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and Saudi Arabia) must, in the two years preceding the contract, have a specified record with the under-23 or senior national team of their country; for other Asian countries, at least 4 senior international matches in the past two years are required.</li>
<li><b class="t">The club route in place of the national-team route</b>A player without a national-team record is admitted through the club route: at least 8 matches in the past two seasons in the top division or the cup competition of specified countries, provided that the former club stood among the first six places in that country's final league table.</li>
<li><b class="t">Practical effect</b>In practice these conditions are the gateway through which any foreign national enters the Iranian league; breaching them means a contract that is not registered and a card that is not issued.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Premier League clubs and the intermediaries who present foreign players. Under the June–July 2026 resolution of the Board of Directors, the ceiling on foreign players per club has been reduced to <strong>4</strong> — a resolution whose full text is available on this site.</p>
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Iran League Directive on Foreign Players and Coaches

Iran Contract Registration Directive 1402-03 Season

<p class="reg-lead">Regulations for the staging of the national clubs' Hazfi Cup (commemorating the liberation of Khorramshahr) — 1402 edition.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>1402</b> — Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>9 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing edition</strong> — replaces the regulations adopted in 1398</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The staging of the national clubs' Hazfi Cup, the competition named in commemoration of the liberation of Khorramshahr: the conditions of entry for teams from the various tiers, the draw and the designation of the host, the sequence of rounds through to the final, and the obligations of clubs at each round.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">A route to the final from every tier</b>The Hazfi Cup is the only competition that places teams from the lower and provincial leagues in a single bracket with Persian Gulf Pro League teams; these regulations determine the route of entry for each tier.</li>
<li><b class="t">Asian qualification</b>The winner of the Hazfi Cup obtains a place in the Asian club competitions — a point that gives disputes in this competition legal weight.</li>
<li><b class="t">Relationship to the 1398 edition</b>This edition replaces the regulations adopted in 1398, whose full text remains available within this same family; the earlier edition governs the competitions of the seasons preceding 1402.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs at every tier that enter the knockout bracket, and the provincial organisers of the early rounds. Objections concerning hosting, the draw and the conditions of entry are assessed against this text.</p>
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Iran Hazfi Cup Regulations 1402

<p class="reg-lead">Regulations on the Staging of Beach Soccer Club Competitions of the Country — promulgated 16 May 2022.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Promulgation</td><td><b>16 May 2022</b> — Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>14 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong></td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The country's beach soccer club competitions: the Premier League, League One, sub-group competitions, the youth age-category championships (under-23 and juniors) and the women's beach soccer championship, in accordance with the League Organisation's competition calendar. The document was prepared with a view to standardising the regulations on staging competitions and follows the international regulations and the statutes of the Federation.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Condition for entry into the national competitions</b>A participating club must hold specified documents — including the <strong>authorisation of the Article 5 sub-commission from the provincial Directorate General of Sport and Youth</strong> — and the registration of the team and responsibility for verifying the documents rest with the provincial football board.</li>
<li><b class="t">The international standing of the discipline</b>Iranian beach soccer is among the leading powers in Asia and the world; its club regulations are the foundation of that same national success, and club disputes in this discipline are assessed against this very text.</li>
<li><b class="t">Coverage of women's and youth competitions</b>The women's championship and the youth age categories fall expressly within the scope of these regulations.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Beach soccer clubs, provincial boards and organisers. The documentation requirements and team registration are the greatest source of dispute before the season begins.</p>
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Iran Beach Soccer Club Competitions Regulations 1401

<p class="reg-lead">Directive on the Procedure for Holding the General Assembly of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted 2020.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>2020</b> — together with the Statutes adopted in 2020</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>6 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong></td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What this directive governs</h2>
<p>The procedure for holding the General Assembly of the Federation: the members of the Assembly and the conditions for participation, convocation and the agenda, quorum, conduct of the session and decision-making. Its terms follow the definitions section of the Federation's Statutes, and words referring to a natural person cover both genders.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Supplementary to the Statutes</b>The composition of the Assembly is determined by the Statutes, and this directive determines the operational procedure for holding it; the two are read together.</li>
<li><b class="t">Practical importance of the Assembly</b>Approval of the financial statements, the budget and amendments to the Statutes takes place in this Assembly — including the adoption of the Directive on Financial Discipline, Transparency and Stability at the Assembly of November–December 2025.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Members of the Assembly, the Federation's Board of Directors and observers examining the validity of the Assembly's decisions.</p>
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Directive on the Procedure for Holding the General Assembly of the Iran Football Federation – 2020 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Electoral Code of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted in 2020.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>2020</b> — together with the Statutes adopted in 2020</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>18 pages — 21 articles in two parts</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The procedure for holding elections to the organs of the Football Federation: general provisions, eligibility requirements for candidates, the Electoral Committee of first instance and the handling of appeals, and voting procedure — from ballot papers and ballot boxes to the manner in which votes are cast.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Annex to the Statutes</b>These regulations were adopted at the same time as the 2020 Statutes and take their meaning within that framework; the full text of the Statutes is available on this site.</li>
<li><b class="t">Two electoral committees</b>The examination of candidates' eligibility and of appeals rests with the Electoral Committee of first instance and the Electoral Appeal Body — a structure that FIFA has made mandatory for elections in its member associations.</li>
<li><b class="t">Effect of amendments to the Statutes</b>Any future amendment to the Statutes, in particular concerning the composition of the General Assembly, has a direct effect on these regulations.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Candidates in Federation elections, members of the General Assembly, and lawyers handling electoral appeals.</p>
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Electoral Code of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran – 2020 edition

Statutes of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran – 2020 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Official translation of the Changes and Clarifications to the Laws of the Game 2019/20 — Referees Department of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Subject matter</td><td>Changes to the Laws of the Game approved at the 133rd Annual General Meeting of The IFAB — 2 March 2019, Aberdeen, Scotland</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td>2019/20 season</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td>Archived — the Laws of the Game have been revised several times since that season</td></tr>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What is this document?</h2>
<p>The official Persian translation of the changes to the Laws of the Game for the 2019/20 season, prepared by the Federation's Referees Department. The Laws of the Game are approved by <strong>The International Football Association Board (IFAB)</strong>, and this document renders the decisions of the meeting of 2 March 2019, together with explanations and clarifications.</p>
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<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Significant changes that season</b>The 2019/20 season was among the most change-heavy seasons of the Laws of the Game — including substitutions (leaving the field at the nearest point on the touchline), the conduct of technical staff (cards for team officials), goal kicks (removal of the requirement that the ball leave the penalty area) and the handball provisions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Status of the translation</b>The binding text is the official IFAB version; the Referees Department's rendering served that season as the instructional and operational reference for referees in Iran.</li>
<li><b class="t">Later editions</b>IFAB approves fresh changes each season; no more recent official version has been published publicly by the Federation.</li>
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<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For examining refereeing decisions in matches from the 2019/20 season onwards, and for referees and instructors following the development of the Laws of the Game.</p>
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Laws of the Game 2019/20 – Changes and Clarifications (Iran Referees Committee 2019 edition)

<p class="reg-lead">Regulations of the Fan Association of Iranian Football Clubs, adopted in 1398.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>1398</b> — Iran Football League Organisation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>10 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Governing version</strong></td></tr>
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<h2>What these regulations govern</h2>
<p>The formation and operation of club fan associations: the structure of the association, fan membership, the relationship between the association and both the club and the League Organisation, and the obligations of each party in the staging of matches.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">The chain of responsibility for supporters</b>In disciplinary cases arising from the conduct of supporters — for which the disciplinary regulations recognise the liability of the club — the fan association is the point of connection between the club and the spectator.</li>
<li><b class="t">Organised membership</b>The regulations place fan membership on a formal footing; the privileges of membership come together with the disciplinary obligations attached to it.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs, fan associations and lawyers handling disciplinary cases relating to spectators.</p>
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National Regulations

FFIRI Board Resolutions on Transfers

FFIRI Financial Discipline, Transparency and Stability Directive

Iran Youth Football Programme and Regulations 1403

Iran League Directive on Foreign Players and Coaches

Iran Contract Registration Directive 1402-03 Season

Iran Hazfi Cup Regulations 1402

Iran Beach Soccer Club Competitions Regulations 1401

Directive on the Procedure for Holding the General Assembly of the Iran Football Federation

Electoral Code of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Statutes of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Laws of the Game 2019/20 – Changes and Clarifications (Iran Referees Committee 2019 edition)

Iran Football Fans Association Regulations 1398