Queiroz Stopped From Leaving Iran Over Unpaid Taxes
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Loading...The Strait Times – TEHRAN, Queiroz was stopped from flying out of the country on Saturday, March 21, 2015, over tax matters, media reports said, forcing his players to leave Teheran for Europe without him.
Iran’s outgoing football coach Carlos Queiroz was stopped from flying out of the country on Saturday over tax matters, media reports said, forcing his players to leave Teheran for Europe without him.
The 62-year-old Portuguese resigned from his post on Friday, citing external “pressures” just six months after extending his contract until 2018. He is due to finish his tenure at the end of March after friendlies against Sweden and Chile.
But as he and the team were heading out of Teheran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport to prepare for those matches, he was prevented from boarding the plane.
“Mr Queiroz was told he is subject to a prohibition on leaving the country for non-payment of taxes. The players left without him,” the official IRNA news agency said.
