Visiting Ali Parvin at hospital
He retired from international football after Iran's exit from the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, accumulating 76 caps and 8 goals.In late 1989 Parvin became the Iranian national team manager. He had already gained experience managing Tehran powerhouse, Persepolis FC. At first his popularity grew even more as the team won the 1990 Asian Games football gold medal, but early elimination from the 1992 Asian Cup and failure to qualify for World Cup 1994 cost him his job.