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Ali Daei’s family was apparently denied exit

Dhe former captain of the Iranian national team, Ali Daei, reacted with disbelief to his family’s dramatic ban on leaving the country. “Did the (security forces) want to arrest terrorists,” the record international was quoted by the Iranian media as saying on Tuesday. He has tried to get a reason for the strange incident from several authorities, but so far in vain, said the 53-year-old, who is celebrated as a folk hero in Iran, according to the daily “Etemad”.

His wife and daughter boarded the plane to travel to Dubai on Monday after passport control at Tehran’s IKA Airport. But shortly before Dubai, the plane of the state airline Mahan suddenly turned around and made a stopover on the southern Iranian island of Kish. The two had to get off there. Daei’s wife had to return to Tehran on orders from the security forces, and the daughter should have been allowed to travel on, but she didn’t.

According to Iranian judicial sources, Daei’s wife had shown solidarity with “counter-revolutionary” opponents of the regime during the system-critical protests and had therefore been asked not to leave the country without prior permission. Since she did so anyway, the plane was stopped and her onward flight prevented. However, she was not arrested, as reported by the Mehr news agency, citing sources. In addition, Daei’s wife not only wanted to travel to Dubai, but also from there to the USA

“It was just a short trip”

Daei himself vehemently rejects the information provided by the judiciary. His wife wanted to leave the country legally. If there had been a ban on leaving the country, the police should have informed her at the passport control in Tehran. “What’s the point, it was just a short trip and they both wanted to go back next week,” said the former footballer.

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