an international player suspended for a lunar reason

An Iranian player has been suspended for six months by his federation for showing a tattoo. FC Nassaji Mazandaran central defender Armin Sohrabian has been suspended by the Iranian Football Federation‘s ethics committee for showing a tattoo on his thigh during training with Esteghal, a club he has since left.

In Iran, the moral police play a very important role in the life of the country, which is an Islamic republic led by a political, spiritual, moral and religious power represented by the figure of the Supreme Guide, Ali Khamenei, who is placed at the top. above the office of president of the Islamic republic. In Iran, tattoos, which remain associated with immorality, delinquency and especially Westernization, have for example been banned since 2015, which earned the player this sanction. Suspended for six months, the defender was also ordered to pay a fine of 600 million Iranian tomans, or approximately 8,700 euros.