🔻 Amirhossein Roshank, head of the competitions committee of the Iran Football League Organization, in an interview with ISNA, said that the Tehran derby between Esteghlal and Persepolis in the fifth week of the Iranian Premier League is likely to be held “one day on either side of 11 or 12 Shahrivar.” Roshank also said that the venue for the match has not been determined.

🔹 The official of the competitions committee of the Iran Football League Organization, explaining that the league schedule is affected by the scheduling of Iranian representatives in Asian competitions, which will be announced on 27 Mordad, said: “After this draw, we will have the schedule for the coming weeks. The derby schedule is also affected by this scheduling due to Esteghlal’s presence in Asia, but naturally it will be held in either the eleventh or twelfth of Shahrivar, now one day earlier or one day later.”

🔹 Roshank also said about the venue for the match: “We have a few stadiums in mind; we will conduct the necessary reviews and I hope that we will hold this match in a stadium with higher capacity than the ones in which we have hosted games in the past one or two years.”