Iranian soccer great Ali Karimi has alleged that death threats have been made against him, while his family and close friends have been intimidated and harassed by the Iranian government following ...

The anti-government protests that have rocked Iran for the past 10 days are leaderless. Though the women who have removed their obligatory head scarves and burned them are at the forefront of the ...

Iran imposed a travel ban on football star Ali Karimi, his wife and her family during the recent anti-government protests, leaked documents seen by the BBC show. Mr Karimi was among the first ...

One name has particularly stood out: Ali Karimi, a national icon often called the greatest Iranian footballer of all time. Nicknamed “the Magician” or the "Asian Maradona", Karimi, who played ...

He has been a longstanding critic of the Iranian government. Former Iranian football player Ali Karimi, his wife and her family have been put under a travel ban during the recent anti-government ...

Ex-skipper Ali Karimi made 127 appearances for his country between 1998 and 2012, including at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Ali Karimi is at the centre of a kidnap attempt by the Iranian ...

One of the most prominent soccer voices to speak out has been Ali Karimi, once of Bayern Munich and arguably the most successful Iranian player of all time. Karimi, now 43, has for days used his s ...

Iran's hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) army has called for the arrest of Ali Karimi, the football legend dubbed the 'Asian Maradona'. Karimi has posted a series of anti ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has charged former soccer star Ali Karimi in absentia for his support for protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in morality police custody, Iranian media. A wave of unrest has ...