Forward Kazan Rubin and Iranian national team Serdar Azmun will no longer compete for the national team, which the 23-year-old football player himself reported in his Instagram.

"I am proud and it was an honor for me to play for the national team of Iran. But, unfortunately, not on my own will, I decided to say goodbye to the national team.

For me, this is an incredibly painful decision. I'm only 23 years old, and I'm already completing my career in the national team, but for some reason. My mother is very sick and her condition worsens, it led me to a difficult choice, but I chose my mother, "- wrote Azmun.

Iran's national team at the 2014 World Cup scored 4 points in the group with Portugal, Spain and Morocco, but failed to qualify for the 1/8 finals.