When people were saying, "Well, it would be impossible for Iran to come to the World Cup," I told them and I promised them that they would come.

And if I had to go with a bus to Tehran and drive them here, I would do that.

Their answer was, "We will take the bus ourselves and drive it if need be. We qualified and we want to play."

When Iran plays, the stadium will be full and I hope there will be a positive atmosphere because this is football.

This is about people forgetting for a moment their realities and being able to focus on a match and on a team.

I'm very happy that we managed to get Iran to come and play in this World Cup.

We need to respect that we are not the kings of the world who can rule over governments and police forces.

We are a sports organization. We try to do our best with the means that we have, to make as much as possible.