Masoud Shojaei and Ehsan Haji Safi have been
banned from playing for Iran after they featured
against an Israeli team with their club
Iran has banned two players from representing
the national team after facing an Israeli club in
the Europa League, a government spokesperson
announced.
Iran captain Masoud Shojaei, 33, and midfielder
Ehsan Haji Safi, 27, played for
Greece's Panionios against Israeli outfit
Maccabi Tel Aviv last week.

Even though they sat out the first leg of the
Europa League qualifier in Israel, they featured
in the 1-0 loss at home to Tel Aviv on August 3,
which is still a violation of Iran's government
policy.
Iran does not recognise Israel as a country and
has barred all their athletes from playing against
any Israeli teams.
"It is certain that Masoud Shojaei and Ehsan
Haji Safi will never be invited to join the
national football team because they violated the
red line," Iran deputy sports minister
Mohammad Reza Davarzani said on state
television, via The New York Times .
"They have a financial contract with a club to be
paid and play for that team, but to play with the
representative of a loathsome regime… this is
not acceptable for Iranian people."
Shojaei – who has earned 70 international caps
– was instrumental in helping Iran secure a spot
at the 2018 World Cup.
Haji Safi – an 84-cap veteran – was on the
bench in the sealing victory over Uzbekistan in
June, and he was expected to play when Iran
travelled to Russia next year.
Shojaei was also ostracized in June when he
asked Iran president Hassan Rouhani if women
could enter the stadium to watch the team play.
Women have been barred from stadiums in Iran
since 1979, since arenas are deemed
inappropriate for women.
source: www.goal.com/en-ng/news/iran-bans-masoud-shojaei-ehsan-haji-safi-national-team/j5un7rgecxi11wpubkk9ep8vo

They r mad

Useless set of people leading other people. Criminals forming saints on both sides.

Of course Stadium inappropriate for women because they know they have trained their men to be like animals who can not restrain themselves and so they better off keeping women under lock and key than training their goat brained men to truly protect their women. If their religion protects women as they say...
. Why do their men go-a raping as soon as they get a chance to do so? Fools. If you claim your religion protects women, then women should feel overly safe walking alone in the streets without a male chaperone to act as protection for her. Religious criminals who base the beauty of their religion around how less used their women's Vaginas are. Remove vagina from their religion and you have removed the biggest part of their faith.

senseless Islamic extremists....

lol i wish!!!

Useless anim@ls