In February 2015, Darya Safai wrote a letter to Sepp Blatter, at that time President of FIFA, about the situation of the Iranian women and what they expected from FIFA does not comply its statutes regarding the Islamic Republic : Article 3 of FIFA’s statutes:“Discrimination of any kind against a Country, private person or group of people on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, orientation or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.