I posted this in another thread, but thought it deserved its own:
According to the vice-head of the Iranian anti doping agency (Dr. Ramin Tabatabaei), Alaa Abdul-Zahra failed drug testing in Iran when he was in Teraktor! By the time the tests came back he was playing for Al-Shorta, so the results were passed to FIFA's medical group to be pursued through the Iraqi Football Federation.
As a result of these tests, he was supposed to receive a suspension of at least 6 months up to 2 years. On that note, another letter was sent to FIFA prior to the Iran-Iraq match, but Zahra played in the quarterfinal anyway!
Kaffashian has been given all the documentation to share with AFC's medical group and they will be asking the Iraqi Football Federation about this within the next 48 hours.
Tabatabaei added the FIFA rules about this particular substance are strict enough to potentially throw Iraq out of the tournament!
According to the vice-head of the Iranian anti doping agency (Dr. Ramin Tabatabaei), Alaa Abdul-Zahra failed drug testing in Iran when he was in Teraktor! By the time the tests came back he was playing for Al-Shorta, so the results were passed to FIFA's medical group to be pursued through the Iraqi Football Federation.
As a result of these tests, he was supposed to receive a suspension of at least 6 months up to 2 years. On that note, another letter was sent to FIFA prior to the Iran-Iraq match, but Zahra played in the quarterfinal anyway!
Kaffashian has been given all the documentation to share with AFC's medical group and they will be asking the Iraqi Football Federation about this within the next 48 hours.
Tabatabaei added the FIFA rules about this particular substance are strict enough to potentially throw Iraq out of the tournament!
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