State-affiliated media in Iran are reporting that Voria Ghafouri, a former member of the nation’s nationwide soccer crew, has been arrested for criticizing the federal government.
The semi-official Fars and Tasnim information companies reported on Thursday that he was arrested for insulting the nationwide soccer crew, which is at present taking part in within the World Cup, and criticizing the federal government. Ghafouri, who was not chosen to go to the World Cup, has been an outspoken critic of Iranian officers and insurance policies all through his profession.
Iran has been wracked by anti-government protests for greater than two months, the largest problem to its Islamic theocracy in additional than a decade.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
