Iranwire Exclusive: IRGC Intelligence Blocks Female Referee at Tehran Derby
Iranwire - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has prevented a woman referee from officiating a football match…
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Iranian Officials Bar Elderly Women from Playing Football
Iranwire - Intelligence officials in a remote Iranian village have denied elderly women access to a dirt field for playing football, IranWire…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Must Return His Medals Over Doping
iranintl - An Iranian Wushu champion who had previously presented all her medals to the Supreme Leader has been busted for…
Iranian Kurds Arrested for Celebrating Country’s Football Defeat
Iranwire - Iranian authorities have arrested 10 young people in the country’s western Kurdish regions for celebrating the national football…
Iran Asks FIFA to Ban Israel Over War in Gaza
voanews.com - Iran's football federation said Saturday it has asked world football's governing body, FIFA, to suspend Israel's football federation…
Football Loss To Qatar Highlights Deep Divisions Among Iranians
iranintl.com - Iran’s defeat to Qatar in Asian Cup 2024 soccer tournament has once again underscored the profound rift among…
Iran’s Soccer Legend Daei Faces Retribution for Criticizing Islamic Republic
Iranwire - In a recent interview, Iranian football legend Ali Daei said he had been prohibited from engaging in any…
Iran, Syria Prepare to Face Off at Asian Cup
Iranwire - After the elimination of both the Palestinian and Iraqi teams from the Round of 16 of the AFC…
Exiled Iranian Football Star Faces Renewed Threats
Iranwire - In the past two weeks, two senior Iranian government officials have issued explicit death and kidnapping threats against…
IranWire Exclusive: Hundreds of Basij to Cheer Iranian Football Team in Qatar
Iranwire - The paramilitary Basij force, in collaboration with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian football federation,…