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Iran Threatens to Ban Two Soccer Stars for Playing Against Israeli Team
(Washington Post) Marissa Payne - Iranian soccer players Masoud Shojaei and Ehsan Hajsafi have become public enemies in their homeland after playing for Greece's Panionios of Athens on Friday in a Europa League qualifier against Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv. In February, the country's national chess team kicked a 15-year-old boy off the team for taking on an Israel opponent. His sister was banned for not wearing a hijab.