November 25, 2022

FILE — Voria Ghafouri, right, then an Iranian national team soccer player, challenges for a ball with Chile's Alexis Alejandro Sanchez during a friendly soccer match in St. Poelten, Austria, March 26, 2015. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, that Iran arrested Ghafouri, a prominent former member of its national soccer team for insulting the national soccer team, which is currently playing in the World Cup, and criticizing the government as authorities grapple with nationwide protests. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)