Iran football legend Ali Daei has said he has rejected an invitation to the World Cup in Qatar in order to stay in his home country, where anti-government protests are taking place. The 2022 Fifa ...

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Retired Iranian football great Ali Daei, who has expressed his support for the monthslong wave of protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, will not be able to attend ...

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has instructed his sports minister to lift a ban imposed on the country’s football legend Ali Daei, the Etemad newspaper, which is close to the presidential office, ...