Now it gets weird: Cristiano could face a 99-lashes punishment in Iran?!
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Reading Time: 1min | Fri. 13.10.23. | 15:50
Al-Nassr forward is accused of adultery - he hugged a female painter, thanking her for his portrait
Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a bizarre, scary criminal process in the Islamic Republic of Iran following an AFC Champions League game between his Al-Nassr and Persepolis (Michael Olunga's Al Duhail are in the same group with those two teams and Istikosh).
According to reports by local Iranian outlets such as Rouydad24 and Sharq Emroz, Ronaldo could face a severe punishment after being accused of adultery by a group of Iranian prosecutors. The alleged crime - hugging a single woman. And the sentence would be to receive 99 lashes!?
الرسامة الإيرانية فاطمة تزور مقر بعثة الفريق في طهران 🤩
— نادي النصر السعودي (@AlNassrFC) September 19, 2023
و تلتقي بقائد #النصر كريستيانو رونالدو 💛 pic.twitter.com/0HsoMIacGv
The alleged incident happened in September, when Cristiano Ronaldo travelled to Iran to play against Persepolis, a game which Al-Nassr won 2-0. While there, he visited a fan of his, Iranian painter Fatima Hamami.
Hamami, who suffers from a disability, wanted to give her idol a portrait she had painted of him. Ronaldo accepted the gift and hugged the painter in a gesture that earned him condemnation from the Islamic regime. In Iran, it is forbidden to touch an unmarried woman.
He probably won't set foot in Iran any time soon, we guess...
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