The Iraqi Federation said in a statement on Saturday that "The Lebanese Federation informed us of its apology for not granting the player Ayman Hussein an entry visa to Lebanon according to the directives of the security authorities, after confirming the presence of an Israeli visa stamp for his entry to the country. Palestinian territories Earlier".
Hussein, the Qatari club’s Umm Salal striker, had visited the occupied territories with his former club, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, and obtained a temporary stamp from the Israeli authorities.
This seal is usually outside the passport and can be destroyed later, but Hussein "He did not destroy the entry sticker and notify the Lebanese side of that", according to a statement Iraqi Federation.
The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Football Association, Jihad Al-Shahf, told AFP that the federation has written to the Lebanese authorities regarding the visa of Iraqi player Ayman Hussein and is working to issue it, adding that "The decision to ban relates to the laws of the Lebanese Republic that prohibits Issuance of visas For any visitor to its lands who previously entered the Palestinian territories through an Israeli visa".
The managing director of the Iraqi national team, Ghaith Muhanna, said in a call with Agence France-Presse "our conqueror AFC Today, we asked him to intervene with the Lebanese authorities to allow the player to enter and grant him an entry visa related to the team’s visit to Beirut to meet his Lebanese counterpart on the first of next February.".
Muhanna added that Hussein "He will accompany the team’s delegation, which is heading to the capital, Tehran, to play the Iran match, in the hope that we will find a solution to the administrative problem of his passport.".
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi national team will meet its Iranian counterpart on the twenty-seventh of January in Tehran, as part of the first group of qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
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And the Iraqi Federation said in a statement on Saturday, “The Lebanese Federation informed us of its apology for not granting the player Ayman Hussein an entry visa to Lebanon as directed by the security authorities, after confirming that there was an Israeli visa stamp for his entry to the country.” Palestinian territories Earlier”.
Hussein, the Qatari club’s Umm Salal striker, had visited the occupied territories with his former club, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, and obtained a temporary stamp from the Israeli authorities.
Usually this seal is outside the passport and can be destroyed later, but Hussein “did not destroy the entry sticker and notify the Lebanese side of that,” according to a statement. Iraqi Federation.
The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Football Association, Jihad Al-Shahf, told AFP that the federation has written to the Lebanese authorities regarding the visa of Iraqi player Ayman Hussein and is working to issue it, adding that “the ban is related to the laws of the Lebanese Republic that prohibits Issuance of visas For any visitor to its lands who previously entered the Palestinian territories with an Israeli visa.
The managing director of the Iraqi national team, Ghaith Muhanna, told AFP: AFC Today, we asked him to intervene with the Lebanese authorities to allow the player to enter and grant him an entry visa related to the visit of the team’s delegation to Beirut to meet his Lebanese counterpart on the first of next February.”
Muhanna added that Hussein “will accompany the team’s delegation, which is heading to the capital, Tehran, to play the Iran match, in the hope that we will find a solution to the administrative problem of his passport.”
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi national team will meet its Iranian counterpart on the twenty-seventh of January in Tehran, as part of the first group of qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.