Milad Fander

Milad Fander is an Iranian Sport manager who has been working since 2019 as the spokesperson, public relations manager, and media director for the Havadar Football Club.

Executive background

Milad Fander has management experience with football clubs like Aluminium Arak, Oxin Alborz, and Moghavemat Alborz FSC, as well as with Iran's veteran national team in the 2018 World Cup. He also has years of experience as an editor and journalist.

During the wave of his revelations in the 2018–2019 season, while he was the PR manager for Gol Reyhan Alborz club and the editor-in-chief of two influential League One media outlets, the Ethics Committee decided on April 9, 2019, to ban Milad Fander and his media team from entering the stadiums with a temporary one-month order until the end of the competitions, citing the need to maintain peace in the remaining weeks of the competition.

The issuance of the famous statement on the day of the Persepolis and Havadar match in the 2021–2022 season, which faced backlash and complaints from Persepolis club, along with the controversial interview of Ashkan Khorshidi against him after the Persepolis and Havadar match in the 2022–2023 season, and the media conflicts over holding the semi-final match of the Hazfi Cup between Persepolis and Havadar at Pas Qavamain Stadium, have made Milad Fander a disliked figure among Persepolis fans.

After the heavy defeat of Havadar football club against Esteghlal in the 2021–2022 season, which led to widespread allegations of collusion with Esteghlal from Persepolis fans, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, the former Iranian Minister of Communications, posted a sarcastic message against Havadar on social media. This prompted a controversial response from Milad Fander and his revelations against Azari Jahromi.