According to the Public Relations Department of the Federation, the head of the Islamic Republic Motorcycle and Freedom Federation, Sidanlou, in a letter to the FIA World Automobile Federation and chairman of its Rally Committee, pointed to a decline in the qualitative and quantitative level of these competitions and in view of the Middle East problems, Canceling Iran's hosting of the Middle East Rally race this year was asked.
Eventually, Eis Moton, chairman of the FIA World Federation of Rallying Committees, agreed to abandon the competition by approving the logical reasons of the Islamic Republic Motorsports and Automobile Federation. Naturally, with the elimination of the progressive problems and finding the acceptable level of the tournament by the organizers, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Automobile Federation has always been prepared to run such matches as it did some years ago.