Jafar Namdar (2 July 1934 – 1 January 2014) was an Iranian football referee.
[1] Namdar officiated as a referee at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.
[2] In this match Namdar showed two yellow cards to Australian player Ray Richards without sending him off before showing a red card after being informed of his error by reserve official Clive Thomas.
[3][4][5] He officiated as an assistant referee for the third place playoff between Brazil and Poland.
[6] Namdar refereed matches in the Football Tournaments at the 1972 ( USSR - Burma 1:0 and German Democratic Republic - Mexico 7:0 ) and 1976 Olympic Games ( France - Guatemala 4:1 ).