Friday, July 03, 2009

Iran Elections: FIFA - no action against Iranian football team

AP reports FIFA will not be taking any action against the Iranian national football team for wearing green wristbands in solidarity with anti-government protesters during a World Cup qualifier last month.

"We received the match reports and there was no reference to the wristbands," meaning there will be "no further action," FIFA said in an e-mailed statement Thursday.

FIFA last week asked the Iranian Federation to clarify media reports that several players were permanently banned for showing support for defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

It received a reply stating that "no disciplinary action has been imposed on any players of the Iran national team by any authority."
Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting
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