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Four Iranian players banned for life

Submitted by Andrew Slevison on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 06:04

Four Iranian national team footballers have been banned for life.

The quartet wore green armbands during last Thursday’s match against South Korea in protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election.

Recent reports have suggested that Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Ka’abi and Vahid Hashemian were being ‘retired’ from the national team because of their gestures.

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