I expect nothing less from an Islamic totalitarian regime. They’re lucky they weren’t arrested or killed.
Rock the Vote reported:
Four members of the Iranian football team have been ‘retired’ for wearing green arm bands in protest of the election in Iran.
This is amazing (and not in a good way).
The Iranian government has “taken revenge by imposing life bans on players who sported green wristbands in a recent World Cup match in protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.”
“According to the pro-government newspaper Iran, four players – Ali Karimi, 31, Mehdi Mahdavikia, 32, Hosein Ka’abi, 24 and Vahid Hashemian, 32 – have been “retired” from the sport after their gesture in last Wednesday’s match against South Korea in Seoul.”
hattip: GatewayPundit
*update*
The Guardian is reporting that their passports have been revoked.
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