Iranian football enters post-Khamenei era with future shrouded in uncertainty

From the World Cup to the Women’s Asian Cup and the AFC Champions League, it is unclear what may happen next A question about the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the head coach of the Iran women’s team before the Asian Cup was quickly, and unsurprisingly, shut down by officials in Australia. It is hard to know what Marziyeh Jafari could have said with events back home moving at an almost unimaginable pace. The former leader of Iran cast a large shadow over all walks of life and football wa...

By John Duerden