Impact of the Unrest: Iranian Sports Affected by an Image of “Insecurity”

The recent unrest in Iran has had a direct impact on the country’s sports sector.

According to Khabaronline, an Iranian news agency, he Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the three Iranian clubs competing in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Champions League Elite will not be allowed to host matches inside Iran until further notice and must play their home games in a third country.

At the club level, several foreign coaches and players in Iran’s domestic league have left the country. At Esteghlal Tehran, a foreign assistant coach has terminated his contract, and a number of the club’s foreign players have yet to return to Iran. At Tractor Tabriz, members of the foreign technical staff have also unilaterally terminated their contracts.

In national sports, the foreign coach under consideration for Iran’s national archery team has canceled his trip to Iran, and the dispatch of Iran’s skating and trap shooting teams to the Asian Championships has been canceled.

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