Ali Safei, the former referee of Iran's Premier Football League, and Mojtaba Shujai, the referee of the first league, reported on Adel Fardosifor's "360" program about suspicious calls to change the results of the games, death threats and exclusion from referees after opposing these requests.
Ali Safei said in this program: "Two years ago, in the last weeks of the league, a member of the refereeing committee called me and asked me to get the atmosphere of the opponent of the tractor in order to win the tractor game against a southern team. This team was said to be in danger of relegation and lost because of refereeing errors.
According to him, "They insisted that the conversation be carried out only through WhatsApp so that no trace remains." I was so shocked that I tried to stop judging, but I couldn't. Fortunately, the tractor won three to one, and I made one of my best judgment calls."
About another similar conversation, Spai said: "The following season, the same person called again and this time he said about a desert aluminum game with a northern team that I should pay attention to the northern team. I notified one of the officials in the association and asked them to replace the judge, but they refused."
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