Verdict In Swedish Trial Of Former Iranian Official Accused Of Mass Executions and Crime Against Humanity; Life Imprisonment 

Inflation surges 9.1% in June, most since November 1981

Tehran will not help ceither side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said in response to White House claims the Islamic Republic was planning to deliver “hundreds of drones” to Russia.

“We have different kinds of cooperation with Russia, including in the defense sector. But we are not going to help either side in this conflict because we believe that it has to be stopped,” Amir-Abdollahian told Italian newspaper la Repubblica on Wednesday.

“The current problem with the conflict is that some Western countries, including the United States, have arms manufacturers who are trying to sell their products,” he said, adding that Tehran “will avoid any action that could lead to escalation” but we will work to stop the conflict.

Egypt's new head coach

Roy Vitoria,  with a long contract, became  the head coach of the Egyptian national football team and the successor of Carlos Queiroz.

The Egyptian Football Federation announced a 4-year contract with this Portuguese coach by publishing a statement. Vittoria is the third coach of Egypt in 2022.

This is the second experience of the 52-year-old Portuguese coach in Arab teams. Before this, Vittoria was in charge of Saudi Arabia's Nasr. Before leading Egypt, he was in Spartak Moscow, which terminated his contract by agreement.

Iranian football is suffering from a long list of torment of historical conscience . Perhaps the most important of them was the removal of Tomislav Ivic from the national team on the eve of the 1998 World Cup. This Croatian coach worked hard with the Iranian national team for a few months before the World Cup in France, and later all observers testified that his performance was extraordinary, but after a heavy and suspicious defeat in a friendly match with Rome, they apologized and replaced him with Jalal Talebi. The purpose of this article is not to compare the technical level of Ivic and Skocic. The deceased old man was one of the world's football celebrities, and a proud person like Jose Mourinho even considers him the best coach in the history of this sport. It is obvious that Skocic cannot be compared with him at all, but the similarity of the dismissal of the two coaches leads to such comparisons. Ivich himself replaced Valdir Vira, which some believe was unkind to him as well.

In the club category, we have a lot of these stories. Perhaps the best example in this regard is Gabriel Calderon, who made a good Persepolis team, but after winning half a season, they apologized for false reasons, and the further we went, the more the fans regretted this. Now it seems as if Skocic is going to become the focus of a historical regret; A man who, even if he miraculously stays on his post, his professional personality is crushed and this is to the detriment of our national team.

The Iranian Football Federation is currently investigating whether the Iranian national team should have a native coach like England, the United States and Wales.

Qutbi, who was in the US coaching staff in the 1998 World Cup, is mentioned as a possible replacement for Skocic, along with two other former coaches. Despite the reports that Ali Daei rejected this offer, Iran's top scorer is still on the list of the Iranian Football Federation, as is Amir Ghalenoui, who led the team from 2006 to 2008, is also among the final options.

Javad Nekonam, the former captain of the Iranian national team, a figure who has played more than 150 games for this country as a player and is currently coaching the Foulad club, along with Yahya Golmohammadi*, who won two league championships with Persepolis, and Farhad Majidi* are other options.

*  For our pes pes folks 
*  For SS folks  He ain't coming back.