🔻The relationship between Hossein Abdi, head coach of Iran’s Under-23 team, and Ali Akbar Raifipur, a government speaker who is known for his remarks about the Mahdavis movement, the end times, and enmity with Israel, is one of the ambiguous and questionable ties in the process of appointing Abdi to lead Iran’s youth football teams. Abdi has not only denied neither this relationship, but has also spoken about it with pride.

🔹Report by Raha Poorbakhsh, Iran International, in the program Het-Trik

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