On 26 December, a Mahan Air Airbus A340-600 (registered EP-MMQ) that operated flight W563 between Tehran, Iran, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, made an unforeseen stop on Kish Island, Iran. It is believed that the Iranian government forced the diversion of the commercial airliner carrying Iranian footballer Ali Daei’s family en route to Dubai to prevent them from leaving Iran.
Upon arrival at Kish Island, the wife and daughter of Ali Daei were forced to leave the aircraft. After questioning the two were disallowed to continue their journey to Dubai.
Due to his support for anti-government protests, going on for months now, Daei has fallen into disfavour with the Iranian government.
The government closed down his shops after he supported the protest of the Iran national football team in Qatar, calling on the government to “solve the people’s problems, instead of repressing people and using violence and arrests.”
The Islamic Republic forced a flight bound for Dubai to divert – in an attempt to silence Ali Daei.
His daughter & wife were on board.
The regime also shut down Daei's businesses due to his support for #IranProtests.
The scared & weak regime will go to unbelievable lengths. pic.twitter.com/YcUzPkbLoK
— Persian Soccer (@prznsoccer) December 26, 2022
Big news: Ali Daei, the world’s 2nd highest scorer of international goals after @Cristiano had his wife & child on board a commercial airliner to Dubai when it was diverted to Kish in Iran and they were removed from the plane. Regime are hostage taking and will demand a ransom. https://t.co/Wt5u06F6Hi pic.twitter.com/C6HWffoo4R
— Omid Djalili (@omid9) December 26, 2022
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