The goalkeeper for the Iranian girls’s soccer staff says she’s going to launch authorized motion after she was accused of being a person by Jordan’s Soccer Affiliation.
Zohreh Koudaei, 32, saved two penalties in a 4-2 shoot-out victory over Jordan in Uzbekistan on September 25, which means the Iranian girls’s staff certified for its first ever Girls’s Asia Cup.
Jordan’s FA demanded ‘a gender verification verify’ on Koudaei from the Asian Soccer Federation (AFC).
Koudaei at this time stated emphatically: ‘I’m a lady. That is bullying from Jordan.’
‘I’ll sue the Jordan FA,’ she added, in keeping with Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.
Zohreh Koudaei, 32, at this time stated emphatically: ‘I’m a lady. That is bullying from Jordan.’ ‘I’ll sue the Jordan Soccer Federation,’ she added, in keeping with Turkish newspaper Hurriyet .
Koudaei pounces on the ball throughout the match in opposition to fierce rivals Jordan in September
Iran’s nationwide girls’s soccer staff have been accused by rivals Jordan of taking part in a person as a goalkeeper (pictured: Iran keeper Zohreh Koudaei) throughout an Asian Cup qualifier
Koudaei makes a surprising save in opposition to the Jordanian participant on the match in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Koudaei celebrates by lifting up certainly one of her teammates following the 4-2 shoot-out victory in Tashkent
The Jordan FA’s letter, dated November 5, cited doubts over the ‘eligibility of a taking part participant.’
It additionally alleged that the Iranian girls’s staff ‘has a historical past with gender and doping points’, and referred to as for ‘due course of’ to be adopted.
The President of Jordan’s FA, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, shared the letter on Saturday, calling it a ‘very critical subject if true’, and demanding that the AFC ‘please get up’.
A spokesman for the AFC stated: ‘The AFC doesn’t touch upon ongoing investigations and/or proceedings, whether or not precise or potential.’
The Iranian staff supervisor denied the allegations, claiming that the Jordanian staff, who had been heavy favourites, had been searching for an ‘excuse’ for shedding the match.
Iran’s staff coach, Maryam Irandoost, advised sports activities information web site Varzesh3 on Sunday: ‘The medical workers have rigorously examined every participant on the nationwide staff by way of hormones to keep away from any issues on this regard, and so I inform all followers to not fear.’
Koudaei has confronted questions previously over her gender, as reported by Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya
The goalkeeper has additionally defended herself a number of instances in Iranian newspapers previously
Koudaei’s penalty saves earned Iran their first ever look on the Girls’s Asian Cup
The coach stated that Koudaei had beforehand represented her nation in Asian Cup qualifiers in 2008 and 2010.
‘We’ll present any documentation that the Asian Confederation of Soccer needs with out losing time,’ she added.
Irandoost stated the accusation was getting used to cowl up for Jordan’s loss.
‘These allegations are simply an excuse to not settle for the defeat in opposition to the Iranian girls’s nationwide staff,’ she stated.
‘The Jordanian staff thought of themselves the massive favorite to qualify… and after they misplaced… it was pure to hunt reduction beneath false pretences and to flee accountability for this failure.’
The president of the JFA, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein who can also be a former candidate for the FIFA presidency, referred to as on the AFC to ‘please get up’
The President of Jordan’s FA, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, tweeted a letter ‘requesting a gender verification verify’ on Koudaei from the Asian Soccer Federation (AFC).
The letter from the Jordan Soccer Affiliation to the Asian Soccer Confederation ‘requesting a gender verification verify’ for a participant within the Iranian Girls Nationwide Staff
Soccer is immensely in style with girls in Iran regardless of hardline Islamic legislation which bans them from watching matches between males.
The Iranian nationwide staff has beforehand been accused of fielding males within the nationwide soccer staff.
In 2015, as much as eight gamers within the squad had been alleged to be males awaiting gender surgical procedure.
The Iranian Soccer Federation had beforehand stated it might usher in random medical testing to verify the gender of its gamers.
Intercourse change operations have been authorized within the nation for the reason that mid-Eighties, when the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a spiritual ruling giving them the go-ahead.
The Ayatollah had been moved by the story of Maryam Khatoon Molkara who met him and described how she had been put in a psychological hospital and forcibly injected with male hormones.
In 2015, as much as eight gamers within the squad had been alleged to be males awaiting gender surgical procedure (this image of the staff went viral on the time)
Khomeini issued a decree making intercourse change operations authorized and defending the rights of trans individuals.
The legality of intercourse change procedures contrasts with the nation’s in any other case strict legal guidelines relating to sexual morality beneath the nation’s Sharia code, which forbids homosexuality and pre-marital intercourse.
Tehran has been dubbed one of many world’s hub’s for gender reassignment operations and there are not any authorized limitations for trans individuals within the nation.
The federal government even helps with cash in the direction of hormone remedy and surgical procedure for individuals who need it.
The 2022 AFC Girls’s Asian Cup is about to kick off in India in January.