Iranian footballers face 74lashes for ‘immoral’ celebrations

zocoss SG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPeCpq8VkLo

Laughing

Persepolis' Mohammed Nosrati squeezed Sheys Rezaei's backside after a goal during a televised clash with Damash Gilan.

zocoss SG

Must beware when you play in this team cos... it seems there's more than one guy in there who is a grabber... Laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=wMyzdqSywlk

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

Must be a gay?

Nalgene Outdoor SG

butt grabbing fetish perhaps

charlize SG

You never see players lying on the ground after a goal and all his team mates jump on top of him to celebrate the goal?

Maybe even a kiss or two?

zocoss SG

You never see players lying on the ground after a goal and all his team mates jump on top of him to celebrate the goal?

Maybe even a kiss or two?

Jump on each other got... kiss also can see sometimes though not much... But one guy's hand going in and under grabbing nuts never leh... That's new... You are used to that also ah?

charlize SG

Jump on each other got... kiss also can see sometimes though not much... But one guy's hand going in and under grabbing nuts never leh... That's new... You are used to that also ah?

Gives new meaning to "score a hat trick and you get the ball(s)"

Hitman Factory 1 SG

they just did it for fun?

zocoss SG

By ESPNsoccernet staff

Mohammad Nosrati

Two players at Iranian club Persepolis have been suspended for 'immoral acts' after their celebration of a goal during the 3-2 win over Damash Gilan last Saturday.

Sheys Rezaei and Mohammad Nosrati were fined almost £25,000 each for grabbing their teammates' backsides during the celebration and have been banned indefinitely from all football activities by the Football Federation of Iran (FFIRI), with the possibility of 74 lashes awaiting them.

"[It is] a violation of public chastity based on current Iranian social values", Judge Valiollah Hosseni told the Fars News Agency. "It is even worse to do these actions before the eyes of thousands of spectators and TV cameras. The punishment of this crime is up to two months of prison and 74 lashes."

Ultra-conservative Iran has made steps to eradicate bad language and any acts of inappropriate behaviour by both players and spectators and the FFIRI could use the pair as an example, with the lashes to be carried out on the field where the incident occurred.