The Russian national team faces its Iranian counterpart in a friendly match in Tehran

The Russian national football team will play a friendly match against its Iranian counterpart on March 23 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

"A friendly football match will be held between the Iranian national football team and its Russian counterpart on March 23 in the Iranian capital, Tehran," Amir Mahdi Alavi, director of public relations at the Iranian Football Federation, said in an exclusive statement to Sputnik.

"We seek cooperation with the Russian Football Federation, and a joint memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Iranian and Russian football federations for cooperation in the sports field in the future," he added.

Alavi added, "The memorandum of cooperation was signed during the visit of the Russian Minister of Sports and the President of the Russian Football Union to Tehran."

About ten days ago, the Russian Minister of Sports, Legh Matitsyn, visited Tehran, and met with the Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth, Hamid Sajadi, where an implementation plan was signed related to the joint memorandum of understanding for sports cooperation between the two sides.

The Russian minister visited a number of sports centers in the Islamic Republic.

Source: Sputnik