Iranian soccer players banned, passports revoked

Four Iranian soccer players who wore green armbands in support of the revolution at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Seoul, South Korea last week, have received a lifetime ban from the sport and have had their passports revoked as punishment. According to the pro-government newspaper Iran, four players – Ali Karimi, 31 [pictured. CiJ], Mehdi Mahdavikia, 32, Hosein Ka'abi, 24 and Vahid