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Iran, forced to land a flight from Tehran to Dubai with the family of former footballer Daei on board

TEHRAN – The Iranian authorities have ordered a Mahan Air flight, the W563 from Tehran to Dubai, to land on the island of Kish: on board were the wife and son of the former footballer and coach Ali Dai, subjected to threats after expressing his support to the protests that have been going on for 100 days. BBC Monitoring journalist Kian Sharifi writes it on Twitter.

The news was also taken up by the Iran International website, according to which the woman and child were thus prevented from leaving Iran. “Daei said his family members were not arrested. He was not on board,” Sharifi wrote.

“I do not understand this behavior. My wife and daughter legally boarded the plane in Tehran, and they were planning to visit Dubai for a few days and then fly back to Iran. But the plane was forced to return with all passengers. Was it a terrorist hunt?” says the former champion. Ali Daei’s wife could not leave Iran “because she invited people to participate in the national strike”, according to government sources.

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