Jailed Iranian footballer issues plea to international community

LONDON: Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has pleaded for help from the international community after being handed a 26-year jail sentence for participating in protests.

Metro newspaper reported that in an audio message, a voice said to belong to Nasr-Azadani said: “Whoever you are in contact with, my friends, footballer friends, send this message to them so they know what conditions I am under. Hopefully, one day we can be together again. My hope is first of all with God and then the people outside.”