Convert interface{} to int

Instead of

iAreaId := int(val)

you want a type assertion:

iAreaId := val.(int)
iAreaId, ok := val.(int) // Alt. non panicking version 

The reason why you cannot convert an interface typed value are these rules in the referenced specs parts:

Conversions are expressions of the form T(x) where T is a type and x is an expression that can be converted to type T.

…

A non-constant value x can be converted to type T in any of these cases:

1. x is assignable to T.
2. x’s type and T have identical underlying types.
3. x’s type and T are unnamed pointer types and their pointer base types have identical underlying types.
4. x’s type and T are both integer or floating point types.
5. x’s type and T are both complex types.
6. x is an integer or a slice of bytes or runes and T is a string type.
7. x is a string and T is a slice of bytes or runes.

But

iAreaId := int(val)

is not any of the cases 1.-7.