January 6 – Iran’s antiquated theocratic coverage of gender discrimination has spilled over into soccer as soon as once more with a high participant summoned to elucidate why he hugged a feminine fan.
Footage allegedly confirmed Ramin Rezaian, a defender with Esteghlal, the oldest skilled soccer membership within the nation, embracing a supporter in entrance of the crew bus.
Iran’s Islamic legislation, in impact because the 1979 Islamic Revolution, bans women and men who are usually not associated from making any bodily contact. Till a yr in the past, ladies have been additionally not allowed to look at soccer from the stadiums.
The Iranian Tasnim information company reported that Rezaeian will now have to seem earlier than the ethics committee and clarify the incident.
This isn’t the primary time disciplinary motion has been taken over such an incident.
In April, Esteghlal goalkeeper and skipper Hossein Hosseini was suspended for additionally embracing a feminine fan throughout a championship match. He was slapped with a hefty high quality of three billion Iranian rials ($71,000) and a one-game suspension.
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