Soccer-Hajsafi Becomes First Iranian Player at World Cup in Qatar to Back Protests at...
By Martin Petty
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Defender Ehsan Hajsafi became on Sunday the first member of Iran's national team to speak out from the World Cup in Doha in apparent support of anti-government protests at home, saying...
Soccer-Skocic Dismissed as Iran Coach – IRNA
July 11 (Reuters) - Dragan Skocic has been dismissed as Iran head coach with little more than four months to go to the World Cup finals in Qatar, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
It said that Iran's football federation had decided to dismiss the 53-year-old, adding...
