Announcement of North Korean National Football Team's Arrival in Iran - 2003-11-05

The public relations office of the Iranian Football Federation announced that the North Korean national football team will arrive at Mehrabad Airport at 10:10 AM on November 20, 2003, to hold their return match against the Iranian national football team as part of the qualifying matches for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China. According to this report, the team members will stay at the Olympic Hotel and will leave Iran for Pyongyang at 5:30 PM on November 23, 2003. It is noted that the members of the Iranian national football team will also be staying at the Olympic Hotel. In another report from the public relations office of the Iranian Football Federation, the names of the observers and referees for the return match between the Iranian senior national team and the North Korean national football team were announced as follows: Mr. Alabardi Mamatkuliev from Turkmenistan as the match observer, Mr. Omar Al-Shugair from Saudi Arabia as the referee observer, Mr. Haj Khader Khader from Syria as the main referee, Mr. Halim Mahmoud from Syria as the first assistant referee, Mr. Al-Nahlawi Mohammad Judat from Syria as the second assistant referee, and Mr. Daler Khalid from Syria as the fourth assistant referee. According to this report, the observers and referees will arrive in Tehran on November 19, 2003, and will leave Tehran on November 22, 2003. The accommodation for the referees and observers for this match will be at the Laleh Hotel in Tehran.