Iranian Football Player Sacked From His Team After Criticizing Protest Crackdown
Iranwire - Iranian professional soccer player Voria Ghafouri has been sacked from his team after criticizing the Islamic Republic’s bloody…
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Iranian Soccer Player Scores Goal, Doesn’t Celebrate, Gets Banned By Government
RFL/RE - An Iranian professional soccer player has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee and banned from participating in the…
Iranian Sports Journalist Handed 18-Year Prison Sentence, Wife Says
Iranwire - An Iranian court has sentenced prominent sports journalist Ehsan Pirbornash to 18 years in prison, his wife says,…
Islamic Republic’s Dirty Tactic To Censor Football Players Over Protests
Iranwire - In the early years of the 2000s, several Iranian footballers who played for Pas FC claimed they had…
Iranian Athletes Killed, Tortured, Sentenced to Death for Supporting Protests
CHRI – The Islamic Republic’s persecution of athletes for peacefully supporting anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country…
Iranian Soccer Players Reportedly Arrested At Mixed-Gender Party
RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have arrested soccer players who attended a mixed party east of Tehran, local media reported on…
Iranian Newspaper Calls For Crackdown On Protest Supporters In Football
Iranwire - A semiofficial Iranian newspaper has asked the authorities to “shut down” the Football Premier League after players voiced…
Hadi Choopan, The Bodybuilding Campion Who Dedicated His Title To The “Honorable Women” Of Iran
Iranwire - Mr Olympia 2022, the most prestigious bodybuilding contest, wrapped up in Las Vegas on December 18 after Iran’s…
Five Iranian Athletes Accused of Plotting Bomb Attack
Iranwire - Iranian authorities are accusing five detained athletes from the southern city of Shiraz of plotting a bomb attack…
Fate of Iran soccer player unclear as he faces risk of execution
Al - Monitor — Fears intensified on Tuesday over the fate of 26-year-old Iranian soccer player Amir Reza Nasr Azadani,…