{"id":1791941,"date":"2023-01-01T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791941"},"modified":"2023-01-01T08:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:20:39","slug":"iranian-soccer-legends-family-targeted-after-his-vocal-support-of-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-soccer-legends-family-targeted-after-his-vocal-support-of-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Soccer Legend\u2019s Family Targeted After His Vocal Support of Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-soccer-legends-family-targeted-after-his-vocal-support-of-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Ali Daei, an Iranian soccer legend, has been targeted by his family for his vocal support of protestors.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Times, Daei has been \u201dspeaking up for months,\u201d and \u201ctelling Iran\u2019s government to respond\u201d To their demands.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian government started to punish Daei for speaking out, closing multiple businesses that he owned.<\/p>\n<p>This is a far cry from what they did in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iran-soccer-stars-family-prevented-leaving-country-protesting-regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government forced<\/a> A plane was allowed to land during flight so that his wife could be with him. They were both trying to leave the country but the government intervened and stopped them.<\/p>\n<p>Daei\u2019s daughter was questioned and released, but wasn\u2019t allowed to re-board the plane. <\/p>\n<p>This is the latest escalation in the government\u2019s crackdown on protestors. For their peaceful protest of the national anthem at the World Cup, the Iranian soccer team was also threatened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/irans-world-cup-team-stays-silent-during-national-anthe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRAN\u2019S WORLD CUP TEAM STAYS SILENT DURING NATIONAL ANTHEM BACKING PROTESTERS AT HOME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian soccer team\" class=\"wp-image-452796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-1-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-531x354-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-1-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Iran-1-600x400-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>DOHA, IRAN \u2013 NOVEMBER 29: Players of Iran pose ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between Iran and USA at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Serhat Cagdas\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-iranian-government-continues-to-punish-dissent\">The Iranian Government Continues To Punish Dissent<\/h2>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s government is well aware of the power of celebrity, and it has allowed influential figures to speak out.<\/p>\n<p>As such, they\u2019re specifically targeting them and their families to ensure silence.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News quoted a Middle East expert to explain how they deal with these situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe regime has a fixation\u00a0on celebrities and their families,\u201d Fox News Digital spoke with Lisa Daftari who is a Middle East expert, and the editor-in-chief for the Foreign Desk. \u201cThey are targeting them in the most severe ways in order to make an example of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their interests are more important than any concern about losing support from the public for their pursuit of popular figures.<\/p>\n<p>Protests are continuing to mount, so who knows what the Iranian government will do to get ahead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Daei, an Iranian soccer legend, has been targeted by his family for his vocal support of protestors. According to the New York Times, Daei has been \u201dspeaking up for months,\u201d and \u201ctelling Iran\u2019s government to respond\u201d To their demands. The Iranian government started to punish Daei for speaking out, closing multiple businesses that he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,3881,4921,10156,3970,3819,7478,3723,7185,7179],"class_list":["post-1791941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-family","tag-iranian","tag-legends","tag-protests","tag-report","tag-soccer","tag-support","tag-targeted","tag-vocal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}