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==Iran national football team==
During [[Iran national football team|Iran's]] final game of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]] against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in [[Seoul]] on 17 June 2009, seven members of the team, [[Javad Nekounam]], [[Ali Karimi]], [[Hossein Kaebi]], [[Masoud Shojaei]], [[Mohammad Nosrati]], [[Vahid Hashemian]], and captain [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]] allegedly wore green wristbands in support of the Iranian Green Movement during the [[2009 Iranian election protests]]. However green was one of the colors of their uniform, which also had green shirt logos. Initially it was reported that all seven players were banned for life by the [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iranian Football Federation]], but state-run media claimed that all seven had "retired".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_iran_soccer_players_banned.html |title=Iran soccer players banned from national team after wearing green pro-opposition wristbands |first=Andy |last=Clayton |date=24 June 2009 |newspaper=New York Daily News |access-date=8 July 2010 |location=New York |archive-date=31 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831040659/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_iran_soccer_players_banned.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 24 June 2009, [[FIFA]] wrote to Iran's Football Federation asking for clarification on the situation. The Iranian Football Federation replied that no disciplinary action has been taken against any player.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/iran-says-it-didn-t-punish-soccer-players-1.829278 |title=Iran says it didn't punish soccer players |date=26 June 2009 |publisher=CBC |access-date=8 July 2010}}</ref> As of [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]], several of the above-mentioned players have played again for the national team, notably [[Javad Nekounam]], [[Masoud Shojaei]], and [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]].