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Iranian Footballers In Life Time Ban
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by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso | June 24, 2009 at 05:51 am
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The Iranian Football Association decided that four footballers that wore green armbands during the first half of the Iran VS South Korea game will receive lifetime bans. The green armbands are symbols of the supporters of Mousavi who was one of the contenders in the last Presidential Elections in Iran.
The players who wore the armbands did so supporting Mousavi during the World Cup Qualifying match which ended in a draw between South Korea and Iran and in which North Korea was able to classify for the 2010 World Cup for the first time in more than four decades.
The four footballers receiving the ban are: Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Ka'abi, and Vahid Hashemian. The four received the ban in the form of "retirement".
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at 06:35 on June 24th, 2009
This story refers: Iran's National Soccer Team joins Protest for Hossein Mousavi
at 08:01 on June 24th, 2009
Oh no, that's horrible!! Really, at its base it's just mean and spiteful power-tripping. I feel so bad for the banned players.
at 08:49 on June 24th, 2009
Let's hope that their 'retirement' doesn't include time in the prisons.
at 09:05 on June 24th, 2009
Gasp! So much for freedom of expression, huh?
at 09:16 on June 24th, 2009
Good step taken by Iranian Football Association.Why these people involve politics in game.
at 11:25 on June 24th, 2009
That's shameful and not fair.
at 12:34 on June 24th, 2009
All of the players play in European Clubs. So they're only retired in Iran. I doubt that any of them will return to Iran anytime soon.
at 14:16 on June 24th, 2009
This is just textbook Iranian "business as usual"..the only difference is that technology has caught up with them now for the world to see. Are any of you really that suprised from the dynamic duo of Ahmedinejad / Khamenei?