Discrimination against Arabs in Iranian football

Discrimination is starving budding Ahwazi Arab footballers of sponsorship and equipment, according to local coaches.

Rasoul Sayahi, the coach of the Jenobeh-Azadegan football team in the Arab-majority town Sosangerd (Khafajiyeh), told Farsnews: “Our players do not have a soccer shoes to play with. We managed to be within the first four teams in province’s league division one without having support and managed to qualify for the provincial championship.”