Comments on: Iran Bans Soccer Players For Life For Wearing Green Wrist Bans in Solidarity with Protestors http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/24/iran-bans-soccer-players-for-life-for-wearing-green-wrist-bans-in-solidarity-with-protestors/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Swarthmore mom http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/24/iran-bans-soccer-players-for-life-for-wearing-green-wrist-bans-in-solidarity-with-protestors/#comment-63782 Swarthmore mom Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:13:17 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=12109#comment-63782 AY I don't think you can compare the Obama administration with that of Ahmadinejad.I don't see many posts by you. I hope you are okay. Thank you for helping me. AY I don’t think you can compare the Obama administration with that of Ahmadinejad.I don’t see many posts by you. I hope you are okay. Thank you for helping me.

]]> By: Matthew N http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/24/iran-bans-soccer-players-for-life-for-wearing-green-wrist-bans-in-solidarity-with-protestors/#comment-63649 Matthew N Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:00:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=12109#comment-63649 This was so inspiring to see. I hope that these men are not subjected to any forms of cruelty for their heroic show of support for free and fair elections. This was so inspiring to see. I hope that these men are not subjected to any forms of cruelty for their heroic show of support for free and fair elections.

]]> By: someonewithalittleknowledgeofsoccer http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/24/iran-bans-soccer-players-for-life-for-wearing-green-wrist-bans-in-solidarity-with-protestors/#comment-63623 someonewithalittleknowledgeofsoccer Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:06:08 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=12109#comment-63623 Your comment that the international community find a place for these players and that they should immigrate to the west does not really make sense because there is a difference between international play and club play and some of these players already play club ball in the west. For international play, you are generally allowed to choose a single country to play for and that decision cannot be reversed. These four players are Iranian citizens and have appeared for Iran. It is highly unlikely that FIFA would allow them to play for another country in the future. With respect to club play, some of these players already play in the west. Mehdi Mahdavikia currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Mahdavikia. Vahid Hashemian Korbekandi currently plays for VfL Bochum in the German Bundesliga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahid_Hashemian Ali Karimi used to play for Bayern Munich in Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Karimi Your comment that the international community find a place for these players and that they should immigrate to the west does not really make sense because there is a difference between international play and club play and some of these players already play club ball in the west.

For international play, you are generally allowed to choose a single country to play for and that decision cannot be reversed. These four players are Iranian citizens and have appeared for Iran. It is highly unlikely that FIFA would allow them to play for another country in the future.

With respect to club play, some of these players already play in the west.

Mehdi Mahdavikia currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Mahdavikia.

Vahid Hashemian Korbekandi currently plays for VfL Bochum in the German Bundesliga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahid_Hashemian

Ali Karimi used to play for Bayern Munich in Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Karimi

]]> By: Anonymously Yours http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/24/iran-bans-soccer-players-for-life-for-wearing-green-wrist-bans-in-solidarity-with-protestors/#comment-63585 Anonymously Yours Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:41:07 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=12109#comment-63585 Well don't we punish or prosecute people for fictitious crimes when we do not agree with them anymore? So what do you expect from them? Well don’t we punish or prosecute people for fictitious crimes when we do not agree with them anymore? So what do you expect from them?

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