🔻Mehdi Taj, the head of the Football Federation, said that he will announce the new head coach of Iran’s Under-23 football team within the next two days and added: «We are trying to determine the coaching staff within the next two days and introduce the new head coach of the Under-23 team.»

🔹He said: «We are looking to, by selecting the head coach of the Under-23 team, create conditions to also help all of our youth teams, and ensure that the head coach of the Under-23 team has close oversight of these teams.»

🔹In response to the question of whether the new Under-23 coach will be Iranian or foreign, Taj said: «In any case, we are preparing ourselves so that in these two days we introduce the new head coach and get ourselves ready for the upcoming competitions.»

🔹Iran’s Under-23 team, led by Hossein Abdi, at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya, after losing 4–1 to North Korea, failed to advance to the knockout stage.