The Guardian is reportingthat  Iranian soccer stars Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia,  Hosein Ka’abi, and Vahid Hashemian have been “retired” from soccer after wearing green wristbands during their world-qualifier match against South Korea last week.

  UAE has never beaten Iran in an international soccer match. And so the trend continues.

UAE has never beaten Iran in an international soccer match. And so the trend continues.