Press TV - The Technical and Development Committee�of the Football Ferderation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has appointed Croatian�football�manager and former�striker Zlatko Kranj?ar as the new head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23�or�Iran Olympic Team.

The 62-year-old Croatian coach took up the post during a ceremony at the National Football Academy Hotel in the Iranian capital city of Tehran on Sunday.

He signed a contract to lead the team until 2020. No information about the fee of the deal was immediately available.

The 47-year-old head coach of Foolad Khuzestan Football Club Sirous Pourmousavi, Iranian�football�coach Hossein Faraki, retired�Iranian�football�player Mehdi Mahdavikia and Iranian former footballer and coach�Yahya Golmohammadi were also among the candidates to take charge of Iran U-23.

Kranj?ar has been appointed as the head coach of�Iranian football clubs Persepolis and Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club, commonly known as Sepahan,�which play in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

On March 17, 2017, Kranj?ar returned to Sepahan�with signing a two-year contract. However, he parted company with the club by mutual consent on January 20 after a series of bad results.