<p class="reg-lead">Iran Youth Football Programme and Regulations, adopted 1403 — the comprehensive youth football instrument.</p>
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<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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<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>
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<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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<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