Posted on 06/23/2009 6:29:10 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Iranian authorities have told four players on the nation's soccer team to turn in their cleats after they wore green wristbands in a show of solidarity with the country's opposition leader, the Guardian reported, citing opposition newspapers in Iran.
The players — including team captain Mehdi Mahdavikia and soccer star Ali Karimi — wore the wristbands in a June 17 match against South Korea in Seoul. Opposition newspapers reported that they were forced into retirement, along with Hosein Ka'abi, 24 and Vahid Hashemian, 32.
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it’s simple : waste Khamenei
Defect. It works for the Cubans.
They’ll be lucky if they don’t lose a hand. Sharia law, y’know.
Open defiance of a dictator always carries a penalty. Theirs turned out to be more than a ‘red card’.
Hope are still alive next week. The bigger the fame, the greater the punishment.
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