Iran’s government ... former soccer player on Monday after their plan stopped en route to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "The regime has a fixation on celebrities and their families," Lisa Daftari ...

Former Iranian football star Ali Daei said his wife and daughter were prevented from leaving Iran after their plane made an unannounced stop Monday on its way to Dubai. Daei said his family was ...

An Iranian professional soccer player has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee and banned from participating in the ...

Iran Police Detain Top-Tier Football Players in Raid at Party DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a party on New Year's ...

The family of a prominent former Iranian soccer player has reportedly been blocked from leaving the country after the player openly supported anti-government protests. Ali Daei, who captained the ...

A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened a “regretful response” to Western media outlets — including Voice of America — over their coverage of the mass protests.

In recent weeks the journalist, the latest news worker to be arrested in Iran, interviewed several families of people sentenced to death over the protests. Two men, both aged 23, were executed ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have arrested a journalist who published interviews with families of death row inmates sentenced in connection with nationwide protests, the reformist daily ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a ... and drinking alcohol are banned under Iran's Islamic laws.

In recent weeks the journalist, the latest news worker to be arrested in Iran, interviewed several families of people sentenced to death over the protests. Two men, both aged 23, were executed ...