Iranian sports
Journalist temporarily released after 3 years
Jailed Iranian journalist Massoud Bastani has been given a furlough for the first time in three years.
Heavy penalties for soccer players
Iranian soccer league players Mohammad Nosrati and Sheys Rezai have received heavy fines for their so-called “immoral acts” on the field while celebrating a goal.
Soccer players face punishment for “immoral” celebration
An Iranian judiciary official says soccer players Mohammad Nosrati and Sheys Rezai “committed an act against public morality” during their jubilant on-field celebration of a goal, and they should be sentenced to imprisonment and 74 lashes,
Public theatres airing football matches closed to Iranian women
Iranian authorities have forbidden women from viewing football matches in public screening rooms. Khabar on line reports that Iranian public theatres are to refuse women patrons from attending public screenings of football matches from now on.





