Iran protests: Family of football legend Ali Daei stopped from leaving

Iranian shot fable Ali Daei says an planetary formation has been rerouted to forestall his woman and girl from leaving the country.

The 53-year-old, who has voiced enactment for anti-government protests, said his household had tried to alert from Tehran to Dubai to articulation him connected vacation connected Monday.

But the formation was made to onshore connected an Iranian land successful the Gulf and they were removed.

No crushed was fixed and the brace are returning to Tehran, Ali Daei added.

The latest protests were triggered by the decease successful custody of Iranian-Kurd Mahsa Amini, 22, successful September. She had been held for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly.

More than 500 protesters, including 69 children, person been killed, portion thousands of others person been arrested, quality rights activists say. Dozens of Iranian information unit are besides reported to person been killed.

Iran's state-run quality bureau Irna said Mr Daei's wife, Mona Farrokhazari, had pledged to pass officials earlier leaving the country, pursuing the couple's "association with the groups against the Islamic revolution".

Irna said their formation had landed astatine Kish Island and "Ali Daei's woman and girl got disconnected the plane".

Mr Daei said the brace "were going to Dubai for a fewer days travel and back", adding: "Had they been banned (from leaving), the passport constabulary strategy should person shown it. No-one has fixed maine an reply astir this."

In a social-media station successful September, helium urged the authorities to "solve the problems of the Iranian radical alternatively than utilizing repression, unit and arrests".

Earlier successful December his jewellery store and edifice successful Tehran was unopen down by the judiciary.

In summation to arrests, Iranian authorities person banned respective celebrities, artists and salient figures from leaving the state pursuing their enactment for the wide protests.

Ali Daei, 53, is 1 of Iran's astir celebrated sports figures. A erstwhile skipper of the nationalist shot team, helium has scored 109 goals astatine an planetary level successful the 1990s and aboriginal 2000s.