Four out of the Iranian football team to support the opposition.

SyuzhetyOppozitsiya to re Ahmadinedzhada23.06.2009Arestovany journalists AhmadinedzhadaChetyreh rival football team of Iran, dissenting re Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president, was forced to withdraw from the national team. Reported the Israeli "Haaretz". Players were punished for protest action taken by them during the World Cup qualifying match in 2010 with South Korea, held on 17 June 2009 in Seoul.
Six players of Iranian national team in this game came out on the field with a green band on his hands, symbolizing support for the chief rival Ahmadinejhad world-Hossein Mousavi. During the break the players' demand to withdraw from the bandages, and many of the players to comply with this requirement.
According to the decision of Iranian authorities, the 32-year-old team captain Mehdi Mahdavikiya, 31-year-old team leader, Ali Karimi, as well as 24-year-old Hossein Kaabi and 32-year-old Vahid Hashemian have been suspended for life from the games for the national team. Were punished other players protested against the Iranian authorities, is unknown.
According to the English edition of The Guardian, Mahdavikii, Karimi, Kaabi and Hashemianu also forbidden to give interviews.
Suspended from the football team are among the most famous players in Iran. Maps three years advocated the Munich "Bavaria", and for the national team has played more than a hundred matches. Hashemian and Mahdavikiya serve in the German clubs.
Presidential elections in Iran were held on 12 June. The winner of the election was declared Ahmadinejad, but the opposition accused the authorities of falsifying the results. In Tehran, the mass protests that were dispersed by police. The authorities acknowledged some violations, but considered them insignificant. On 23 June it was announced that the winner of the election will be sworn in during the period from 26 July to 19 August.
Iran's national team was not able to pass on the world championship in 2010. The Iranians took the fourth place in his team selection. Travel on FM-2010 received two best teams - South Korea and the DPRK.