Iranian Soccer Players Banned, Fined $40,000 for Celebratory Butt Squeeze
- Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:45am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Turn on almost any sporting event, be it an American or international one, and you’ll likely see some butt slapping. And if you’ve played sports, you’ve likely been on the giving or receiving end of the practice. But even though it’s as popular in sports as scoring, one place you won’t find it is in Iran. Or rather, if you do find it there, you’ll also find the country doing everything to stomp it out. What do I mean? Consider that two soccer players involved in a recent butt slapping were fined and banned.
Here’s how Gawker explains it:
The Iranian football federation has scrutinized controversial footage of Persepolis defender Mohammed Nosrati (below, left) squeezing teammate Sheis Rezaei’s (right) firm buttocks following a goal during the Persian Gulf Cup, and ruled that the two players be fined $40,000 each and “banned indefinitely from all football activities for committing immoral acts.”
The incident sparked outrage in Iran. According to the Daily Mail, one cleric called it a “shameless act:”
Jalal Yahyazadeh, a cleric and member of parliament, called it a ‘shameless act’ and added that it had ‘upset, angered and outraged’ all sports fans.
‘What happened is absolutely not acceptable because it was a very ugly thing,’ he said, adding that the country’s sports minister should be held accountable.
After the incident made headlines in the international media and with a clip available on the internet, the federation’s media committee met today and ‘demanded that elements who damaged the country’s sporting spirit be dealt with firmly’
So, are you ready to see what got two players banned? Here’s the video:
If after seeing the video you’re wondering how Rezaei got roped into the punishment, you’re not the only one. Gawker is wondering too:
I’m not exactly sure how Rezaei got roped into the censure, seeing as he clearly swatted Nosrati’s hand away before it could actually enter his Strait of Hormuz. Let‘s just hope they don’t now convene a special meeting of the First Supreme Towel-Snapping Heretics’ Tribunal.
However, the Huffington Post located another video that shows another celebration that could explain Nosrati’s ban. Let’s just say he could be accused of having roving hands:
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Comments (88)
This_Individual
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:29amWhy is this news worthy?
Report Post »SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:30pmTo show the “been eating out of lead pots too long” stupidity of the Iranian totalitarians. I‘m surprised they haven’t shot these two yet for homosexual acts, or more likely, promoting decadent western ideas.
It’s time for all reasonable Persians to move out of Tehran. Israel will be turning it into a glow in the dark glass parking lot very soon. I hear the Caspian sea in nice this time of year!
Report Post »saveamericafromthestupids
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:01amIt’s news worthy because Glenn Beck & his minions say it is!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:24amIt looked like he was trying to keep him from falling, not grabbing his buttocks.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:57pmPlease, let me fall.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:54pmHave you been to an airport lately?
Who fines those burly Nazis for touching that special area?
A lot of people have been totally cowed, but act like this is such a violation.
It was funny as hell to see the man smack his hand away, though. Fall-on-the-ground funny.
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:23pmGo watch the video again, and this time put your glasses on. He was trying to keep him from falling alright by grabbing his nutbag!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:24pmROTF!!!
I was talking about the first video…but that SECOND video was a serious SACK VIOLATION!!!
UGH!!!!!!!!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:25pmAfter review of the 2nd video, the 1st video is HIGHLY SUSPECT!!!
I would even venture to say he’s CAUGHT RED-HANDED!
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:19amTo some degree, they’re probably all closet homosexuals over there. They fined/banned them because they’re projecting their own shame. It’s why they treat their women like cr@p, too. Self-loathing. They will stand in line for hours to await their turn to molest young boys. Who knows? They were probably that young boy once…
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:18amThe Mamluk Empire ruled in the middle east for hundreds of years. Homosexuality was not only rampant but encouraged…not so much for the sexual nature of it but more like the band of Thebes. These individuals were supposedly in an Islamic empire. As I understand it, in Islam you are only punished for outward sin. If you can keep it from public view, you’re good to go with Allah. So you can be a homosexual, a pedophile, a rapist, a zoophiliac or whatever….as long as no one sees it or knows of it. Now I know there is also a lot of this in any religion. It is commonly called hypocrisy. It is just that Islam actually sanctions the hypocrisy.
Report Post »seeingredcauseofblue
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:33pmYou can also be a suicide bomber.
Report Post »Dano62
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:16amI’ll bet that was really Herman Cain on the giving end!
Report Post »wasalibonce
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:58amThat was no butt pat. That was a finger violation! Great day in the mornin’, book a room. That was just blatant!
Report Post »twistin
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:57amgot my butt pinched every day in sneak attacks on the street whenever I was in Iran. Iranians are dogs.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:51amSharia law (like honor killings) is okay but butt groping is out.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm????
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:42amthere are numerous homosexuals in the arab countries.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:31amWhen a comment is posted, replied to and then is removed does that mean your comment has been reported? That just happened to my original post regarding the soccer players.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:38amYes, in a minute or two the FBI will kick your door in…run.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:44amunless you have lived in a middle east country, you would most likely be surprised at how much homosexuality there is.
In southern Afghanistan homosexuality is rampant. When I was an advisor there in 2010, it was common to find out that the local police had kidnapped young boys and raped them over and over.
the so called religion of peace is a religion of evil.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:45amYou know Gonzo I wouldn‘t doubt that for a minute but I think I’ll just stay put. I’m too old to run and too fed up to care.
Report Post »db321
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:13pmYour fine Mom Rules – no body is reported. Keep up the good work.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:14amClearly grounds for a legal sexual harassment charge. As for fining the one who did not participate in the incident, it was not his fault that he got groped. At first I thought the guy was boosting him up, but when his hand traveled a bit up into no man’s land, that crossed the line.
I think the perp is the one who should be fined and or kicked off the team.
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:02pmThe non participant is still guilty…guilty by ASSociation!
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:06pmThe non participant is still guilty…guilty by AS$ociation!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:56amBeating your wife, death to converts to other faiths, honor killings of your wife or children, death by stoning and many other forms of horror perpetrated by these imbecillic Moslem clerics is quite OK. But let an athlete show a little emotion and these loonies go haywire.
Obviously, these people are not ready for the real world. They all need to go back to the desert, live in tents and re learn the art of shoveling camel poop. Maybe in another thousand years, they can re enter the mainstream.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:56amThat is sickening. I think Iran has more problems with homosexuatlity than they admit. Sharpen the knives…lets get some heads rolling.
Report Post »AYFKM
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:53amFirst, the video of Sadamm being sodomized with a stick; now these finger-probing Iranians.
I think Iran is most displeased because they don’t want the rest of the world to know what they do behind closed doors. It’s becoming more clear each day that they have sexual proclivities that are out of the mainstream.
ProbingBeUpHim..
Report Post »AYFKM
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:54amOops, that would be Gadaffi, not Sadamm…but you get my point.
Report Post »hud
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:50amAs bedbugs, which they probably have.
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:31amAmen.
Report Post »htnkd5
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:23amFor all we know he could have been helping his teammate with a push up when he jumped on the guy– it looked like he was sliding and he just helped out by giving a push– total nonsense
Report Post »hightide
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:23amLOL.. Bunch of pansies.
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:13amUh he did stick his fingers in the wrong place. You can see by his teammates reaction that he did not like it. The dude getting groped shouldn’t be in trouble.
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:13ambut the man on man kiss is ok?
Gotta luv places like Cut-your-head-off-astan
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:06amQuite frankly, Iran represents one extreme and America the other. Since the days of Ali, American sports have devolved into the self-congratulating, showboat, it’s-all-about-me advertizement. Sportsmanship is no longer part of the culture, which is why sports have become less to emulate in teaching life’s lessons.
Report Post »NFL and NBA are the extremes.
Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:00amGuess he will get stoned later…..and not in a fun way.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:00amRomanian Soccer players get beaten by fans. Iranian Soccer players get groped by other players.
What can we expect to see, if we watch the Cuban Soccer team play?
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:25amCigars?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:52am.
Report Post »He was so excited he mis-took him for one of his 72 Virgins…………
macpappy
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 4:03pmLooks to me that he thought for a minute he was bowling.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:36pmMac
Report Post »LMAO
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:48amCould have been much worse in this case knowing the way Iran justice works…usually where they just shoot you on the spot.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:57amOr cut off hands!!
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