Iranian authorities intend to confiscate the property of Iranian footballer Sardar Azmoun, who played for Rubin Kazan and then for Zenit St. Petersburg, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
The Prosecutor’s Office in Iran’s Golestan Province has begun an “operation to identify and confiscate property” of 16 people who support organizations and countries that Tehran considers “hostile.” Fars News Agency reported, citing its own data, that the list of these individuals includes Iranian football player Sardar Azmoun.
Azmoun was previously excluded from the Iranian national team for two friendly matches. The reason is a photo he posted on social media with the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum It is considered Fars News Agency reported that it was an “act of treason” and a gesture of support for the UAE.
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Azmoun started playing for Rubin Kazan in 2013, after he moved to the club from Iranian Sepahan. In January 2019, he moved to Zenit St. Petersburg. Azmoun played with him for three and a half years. In 2022, he was bought by the German club Bayer, then loaned to the Italian club Roma, and in 2024, the footballer became a player in the Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli, in which he still plays.