Football player Cristiano Ronaldo encountered unexpected troubles after the Asian Champions League match in Tehran between the Saudi club Al-Nasr and the home team Persepolis. reports on Wednesday, October 11, Croatian edition of Index.
A few days after the match, information appeared in the Iranian media that Ronaldo, who played for Al-Nasr, was sentenced to 99 lashes. The reason for the punishment was the meeting of the legendary football player with his fan, an Iranian artist named Fatima.
For a girl with disabilities, meeting her idol was a dream that Ronaldo happily fulfilled. But while communicating with Fatima, he hugged and kissed the girl, which according to Iranian law is a real crime. In addition, the Saudi club posted a video of the meeting on social networks, providing Iranian moral guardians with evidence. Ronaldo will now face 99 lashes if he ever sets foot in Iran again.
This is not the first “difficulty in translation” that the Portuguese has encountered in the Arab world. Cristiano Ronaldo previously got into trouble for touching his genitals in front of the stadium after a match in Saudi Arabia. The video with Ronaldo’s gesture was watched by a special commission whose task was to find out what exactly the football player meant.
2023-10-11 16:40:15
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