Iranian soccer legend Ali Daei, who has vociferously supported the demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s loss of life, declared on Monday that an plane sure for Dubai from Tehran had been rerouted and his family ordered to disembark.
Protests have gripped Iran for the reason that Sept. 16 loss of life of Iranian Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the nation’s strict gown code for girls. Tehran typically refers back to the protests as “riots.”
Daei, 53, a former German Bundesliga striker whose 109 objectives on the worldwide degree had been lengthy unsurpassed till Cristiano Ronaldo overtook him, is one among Iran’s most well-known footballers.
Daei mentioned his spouse and daughter had flown on a Mahan Air flight, taking off from the capital Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport, headed to Dubai within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ISNA news company reported. But the aircraft was rerouted and made to land on Iran’s Kish Island within the Gulf, the place his household was deplaned, the state news company IRNA reported.
Quoting the judiciary, IRNA mentioned that “Daei’s wife had pledged to inform relevant institutions of her decision before leaving the country,” following their “association with groups against the Islamic Revolution and rioters and calling for strikes.” The report added that, “The flight landed at Kish airport and Ali Daei’s wife and daughter got off the plane.”
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The former Bayern Munich participant, who performed in Iran’s 2-1 World Cup victory in opposition to the United States in 1998, has mentioned he has been focused by threats after backing the protests triggered by the loss of life of Amini.
“My daughter and wife were taken off the flight, but they were not arrested,” Daei mentioned, in accordance with an ISNA report. “Had they been banned (from leaving), the passport police system should have shown it. No one has given me an answer about this. I really don’t know what is the reason for this.”
Daei mentioned he was making an attempt to rearrange his household’s return to Tehran. “Did they want to arrest a terrorist? My wife and daughter were going to Dubai for a few days’ trip and scheduled to return,” he added.
Daei on Sept. 27 used social media to name on the federal government to “solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests.”
In October, Daei advised Agence France-Presse (AFP) his passport was confiscated by police upon his return from overseas, earlier than being returned to him a number of days later.
He mentioned he had not gone to the World Cup in Qatar as a result of Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protests.
Earlier in December, his jewellery store and restaurant in Tehran’s trendy north had been sealed, with native media reporting they’d been ordered shut for “cooperation with anti-revolutionary groups in cyberspace to disrupt peace and business of the market.”
