AdvertisementIran arrests a soccer player for criticizing government and insulting the soccer teamNovember 24, 2022The Associated PressfacebookEmailIranian soccer player Voria Ghafouri (right), then a member of the national soccer team, fights for the ball with Iraqi midfielder Hussein Ali during the AFC Asian Cup soccer match in Dubai in 2019. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported on Thursday that Iran arrested Ghafouri for insulting the national soccer team and criticizing the government. (AP)