FIFA World Cup Trophy arrives in Tehran

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
FIFA marketing executive Sarah Gandoin, Iran head coach Dragan Skocic, legendary goalkeeper Ahmadreza Abedzadeh and football federation
newly-elected president Mehdi Taj attended the ceremony held at the Milad Tower.This year's tour began in Dubai in May and for the first
time, the trophy will visit all 32 nations that qualified for the tournament.The tour will cover 51 countries in total.The 2022 World Cup
will be held in Qatar from Nov
21 to Dec
18.Iran are in Group B along with England, the U.S
and Wales.The trophy is awarded to the champions of the World Cup but remains in FIFA's possession, per regulations of the sport's global
governing body
The team winning the tournament retains the authentic trophy temporarily and is later awarded the tournament edition trophy, called the
Winner's Trophy, for permanent possession.Reporting by Masoud Hossein