“We have to accept that the situation in our country is not good and that our people are not happy, they are discontent,” the team's captain said earlier.
Yahya Golmohammadi, head coach of Persepolis FC in Tehran, one of Iran's most famous teams, was summoned and questioned by authorities, semi-official ISNA news agency reported Saturday.
The news came as the continuing protest movement and the security forces' attempts to quash dissent led to further unrest over the weekend and into Monday. Unverified video on social media on Monday showed a convoy of military vehicles with heavily armed troops, purportedly in the western city of Mahabad, a predominantly Kurdish region. The sounds of heavy weaponry could be heard in several other videos.
Independent reporting is difficult if not impossible in Iran, and NBC News cannot confirm social media reports or claims by the government or human rights groups.
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