Iranian football players warned not to take selfies with female fans in Australia

Iranian football players have been warned not to take selfies with female fans or be punished if they default because it is against their 'moral principles'. 

Taking selfies with men are allowed. However, Iran made the threats to players after photos of some of them posing with some female fans, who are mostly Iranian-born who live in Australia, went viral on social media, especially the one that showed a female fan wearing a midriff top, while holding an Iranian flag with the words "Will Alireza marry me?" Alireza Haghighi is the Iranian goalkeeper. (see the pic after the cut..)

Issuing the firm warning, the head of the Iranian Football Federation's disciplinary committee, Ali Akbar Mohamedzade, said

"Players are not allowed to pose for selfies with female fans. They [the women] may later use these photos for political ransom against our country, or sue the players for harassment. If the players refuse to act according to our clear instructions, then we will be left with no option but to deal with them."

"In some of the selfies that our players have taken with the fans we can see they appear next to people whose appearance we regard as being against our moral principles. We are monitoring what is happening in Australia, we haven't sent any representative to Australia," Mohamedzade added.

The Iranian football team is currently playing in the Asia Cups finals in Australia.