Head of the Iranian parliament's Sports Committee rejects reports of a ban on four Iranian football players for wearing green wrist bands in the Iran-South Korea match.
Press TV
"No player has been banned and basically Parliament is not authorized to impose
such a ban," Jalal Yahya-zade said on Thursday.
The announcement came
after a number of international media outlets including the CNN claimed that
four members of the Iranian national football team were banned for life after
what they called 'a display of political support' for the defeated presidential
candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi.
A number of Iranian footballers wore
green arm- and wrist-bands during the first half of the Iran-South Korea game on
June 17.
On Tuesday, the Iranian striker Ali Karimi and winger Mehdi
Mahdavikia announced their retirement from the Iranian national soccer squad
which failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
According to Iran's Football Federation (IFF) Vice President Mehdi Taj,
the two top players bade farewell to the national team of their own volition.
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