Leader Issues Congratulatory Message on Glorious Victory of National Team

The Grand Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, in a congratulatory message issued on Wednesday, June 8, felicitated the prestigious victory of the national football team. The victory qualified the national team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The text of the message is as follows:

 

 

In the Name of the Almighty

I express my felicitations over the glorious victory of the national football team to all the dear players and their coaches and also to all the enthusiastic football fans. Our competent and determined players made the honorable Iranian nation feel great joy and pride. I am sincerely grateful to every single one of them.

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

Khordad 18, 1384