The player of the Iranian national team was arrested

Published: November 25, 2022 12:30 p.m

He was detained for supporting protests in the country

Iran mode on football national team member Vurya Gafurini imprisonment did.

“Fars News Agency” reported on this.

The 35-year-old football player was detained for criticizing the government and supporting the months-long protests in the country. Gafuri, a member of Iran’s “Fulad” club, before the World Cup held in Qatar national kicked out of the team’s camp, and these days imprisonment was done.

Gafuri “national is accused of tarnishing the team’s reputation”, “propaganda against the state” and “supporting riots”. The football player representing Iran’s Kurdish minority had previously sharply criticized the Islamic regime and blamed the government for violently suppressing the protests for the death of at least 400 people.

Gafuri 2018in the world championship held in Russia Iran was a member of the national team. But it’s November 20It was not included in the final list of the World Cup, which started in Qatar.