🔻Mohammadreza Kashuri-Fard, secretary of the Football League Organization, said in an interview with the Ana website that the current plan for holding the Premier League matches is with spectators, but the final decision regarding the presence of fans in each match will be up to the Security Council of the relevant province. He said in this regard: «So far, the decision has been that matches will be held with spectators.»

🔹He emphasized that to date, no decision has been communicated to the Football League Organization regarding holding Premier League matches without spectators, and up to this moment, the plan for holding the matches is with spectators.

🔹Earlier, Mehdi Taj, President of the Football Federation, also said at a preseason seminar for referees and assistant referees of the Premier League in Isfahan: «All our efforts are to ensure that the matches of the next season are held with spectators and without limitations. We are reviewing all the conditions in this regard.»

🔹The remarks by the secretary of the Football League Organization and the federation president are being made while Ali Tajerneya, the caretaker of Esteghlal Club, had previously said that the Premier League matches are going to be held without spectators.

🔹After the Iranian National Revolution in Dey 1404, the Islamic Republic held football matches without spectators out of fear that protests would spread.