Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that The IR has diverted the plane carrying the wife and child of football icon Ali Daei in Kish to get them off the plane under the pretext that they are not allowed to leave.
Iranian authorities ordered a Dubai-bound flight to land on Monday, barring family members of an outspoken Iranian football icon from leaving the country and accusing them of taking part in anti-government protests.
The wife and a daughter of Ali Daei were removed from the Mahan Air flight after it was ordered to land on Iran’s Kish Island, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) off Dubai in the Persian Gulf, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The flight originated in Tehran.
Ali Daei, former Irani soccer player who in the past expressed support for anti-government protests, says that his wife & daughter were denied from leaving the country on Monday. said his wife and daughter flew legally from Tehran before the plane made an unannounced stop on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, where they were questioned by authorities.
He said his daughter was released but the doors to the flight were closed by then.
He said his family had planned to travel to Dubai and return next week.
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