SOME INNOCUOUS GOAL-RELATED high-jinks have provoked the outrage of Iran’s political establishment, with members of both parliament and the judiciary calling for “swift punishment” of the players involved.
Mohammad Nosrati and Sheys Rezaei, players for Tehran’s largest football club, Persepolis, have been accused by Judge Valiollah Hosseini of engaging in “a violation of public chastity,” after images of Nosrati pressing his hand into the cleft of Rezaei’s buttocks was broadcast live on national television.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, both players have already received fines equivalent of $40,000US and can expect further punishment in the form of a two-month prison term and 74 lashes on the site of the offence.
The incident comes as the latest in a series that has highlighted the extent to which the evolving sensibilities of Iran’s middle class population are at odds with those of the ruling elite.
Recently, an actress was sentenced to a public whipping for appearing in a film without a headscarf (she later had her sentence revoked), while last week, a footballer was forced to cut his hair on the field of play after it was deemed an affront to public decency.
Head says Cork, heart says Donegal. C’mon Donegal!!
Cork by 2 points and as a Dub I’m saying Cork for Sam.
Rebels Abu! All talk about Donegal which will do nicely!
donegal will step up to mark.donegal for sam. aint no doubt in my mind.
Eh, think you’ve mixed up the players and their respective counties in the caption under the picture there…
Quietly confident. Rebels Abu.
Don’t think the ref will be a Cork man.
can referees come from county plaing in game ???
Cmon da REBELS
Cork v Donegal, Croke Park, 3.30pm
Live Coverage on PC TV
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It may be live, but it isn’t free.
Why would we pay when it’s on RTE?
why is the referee from cork comon donegal
your verdict was cork. But Donegal won. GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
because we are coverage HD live ! so you pay $33 for life time member
I’ll be watching on RTE 2 HD.