So, media aren't writing so much about AFC but of course they write everything bad that comes with the cup, even Swedish newspaper are writing this.
Iran's footballers have been threatened with punishment for posing for "selfies" with women fans who have flocked
to see them play in Australia.
The team are playing in the Asian Cup finals, and their games
have been attended by thousands of Australia's expatriate Iranian community.
Sport and in particular football has a large following in Iran. The sex segregation rules that
prevent women attending men's games at home do not apply abroad.
Nor do Iran's dress codes for women, so that officials back home have been alarmed to see
photographs appearing on social media of celebrity players posing with Iranian women dressed for
the Australian summer.
They have now received a warning from the head of the Iranian Football Federation's disciplinary committee.
"Players are not allowed to pose for selfies with female fans," Ali Akbar Mohamedzade said.
"They (the women) may later use these photos for political ransom against our country or sue the players for harassment.
"If the players refuse to act according to our clear instructions then we will be left with no option but to deal with them."
Images showing "inappropriately dressed" women have been censored out of media coverage of
the tournament back home, leading one sports commentator, Adel Ferdosipour, on Iran's equivalent
of Match of the Day to comment sardonically that the team only appeared to have one couple supporting it, who just happened to wear traditional dress.
On social media, however, some women have become well-known, in particular one who replaced the central white strip of the national flag,
which carries the national emblem, with a message saying: "Will Alireza marry me?" - apparently a reference to the popular goalkeeper, Alireza Haghighi.
The message was written in English.
More here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...male-fans.html
http://www.metro.se/nyheter/irans-sp...M1TURdZYqXgKg/
Iran's footballers have been threatened with punishment for posing for "selfies" with women fans who have flocked
to see them play in Australia.
The team are playing in the Asian Cup finals, and their games
have been attended by thousands of Australia's expatriate Iranian community.
Sport and in particular football has a large following in Iran. The sex segregation rules that
prevent women attending men's games at home do not apply abroad.
Nor do Iran's dress codes for women, so that officials back home have been alarmed to see
photographs appearing on social media of celebrity players posing with Iranian women dressed for
the Australian summer.
They have now received a warning from the head of the Iranian Football Federation's disciplinary committee.
"Players are not allowed to pose for selfies with female fans," Ali Akbar Mohamedzade said.
"They (the women) may later use these photos for political ransom against our country or sue the players for harassment.
"If the players refuse to act according to our clear instructions then we will be left with no option but to deal with them."
Images showing "inappropriately dressed" women have been censored out of media coverage of
the tournament back home, leading one sports commentator, Adel Ferdosipour, on Iran's equivalent
of Match of the Day to comment sardonically that the team only appeared to have one couple supporting it, who just happened to wear traditional dress.
On social media, however, some women have become well-known, in particular one who replaced the central white strip of the national flag,
which carries the national emblem, with a message saying: "Will Alireza marry me?" - apparently a reference to the popular goalkeeper, Alireza Haghighi.
The message was written in English.
More here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...male-fans.html
http://www.metro.se/nyheter/irans-sp...M1TURdZYqXgKg/