International goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini was suspended for a match by the Iranian Football Federation after hugging a fan during a league match, a local sports media announced this Monday.
The events occurred on April 12, when a Tehran Esteghlal fan interrupted the match between her club and Aluminum Arak by invading the field.
Hossein Hosseini passed his arms for a few brief moments around the fan, after she was detained by stadium security agents.
The federation sentenced the goalkeeper to an equivalent fine to 4,400 euros or 4,700 dollars and a suspension from one match for “misbehavior towards the match’s security agents,” reported the newspaper Khabar Varzeshi.
The Islamic Republic prohibits men from touching women outside the family circle. The presence of women in Iranian stadiums It was banned for a long time.
In January 2022women were allowed to attend a match international for the first time in almost three years.
31-year-old Hossein Hosseini has spent the bulk of his career at Esteghlal, one of the most popular clubs in Iran.
Substitute in the selection, He played a match in the first round of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, against England.
Esteghlal leads the Iranian championship with six rounds left.
