July 24, 2020
We frequently report on foreign soccer players who leave Iran and sue their teams for not paying them their final paycheck. Now, here’s a reversal. The Persepolis club issuing Irishman Anthony Stokes, 31, for leaving Iran before his contract expires in June. He might wish that he had stayed in Iran. When he got off the plane in Europe, he was arrested to face charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend.