Iranian authorities arrested a number of current and former soccer players while they were attending a mixed New Year’s Eve party, according to Tasnim news agency on Sunday.
And the agency reported that “a number of football players, and a number of former players in one of the main clubs in Tehran, were arrested last night during a mixed party in the city of Damavand,” east of Tehran, without details regarding the number of players, their identity, or their club.
And she pointed out that “some of these were not in a normal state following consuming alcohol.”
The law in the Islamic Republic punishes drinking or selling alcoholic beverages, and it also prohibits mixing in some public places and mixed dancing between the sexes.
And witness Iran Since September 16, protest movements Following the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, following she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran for not adhering to the country’s strict dress code.
Hundreds were killed, including dozens of members of the security forces, during the protests, which included raising slogans once morest the authorities.
A number of current and former football players faced problems with the authorities, sometimes to the point of arrest, following they supported the protest movements.
