Iran goalkeeper is 'BANNED and fined £3,800' for hugging a female fan

An Iranian goalkeeper has been handed a fine and one-match suspended after hugging a female fan, who was being chased by security for reportedly not wearing the compulsory hijab.

Hossein Hosseini, goalkeeper for Esteghlal - one of the top teams in Iran - has been reprimanded by the Iranian football federation after he embraced a fan who had made her way to the side of the pitch.

Hijabs, or headscarves, have been compulsory for women in Iran since the 1979 revolution, enforcing what is widely considered by many Muslim women around the world to be a matter of choice.

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