Eter Tabanak, a media outlet close to the Secretary of the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, Mohsen Razai, in a report strongly criticizing Mehdi Taj, head of the football association, and Amir Kalanoi, the head coach of the national team, questioned the decision to send the national team to Iraq by land and described this action as "contempt for Iran and hospitality".
This media outlet wrote in a report entitled "Iran's honor under the feet of Mehdi Taj and Amir Jalanoui" that after the cancellation of the approval of the direct flight of the national team to Basra by Iraq, the Iranian soccer players should have reconsidered their decision to play two friendlies with Palestine and Iraq.
Tabnak's author attacked Taj and Kalnawi and wrote: "Neither Mehdi Taj as the head of the football association nor Amir Kalnawi as the coach of the national team, did not consider the honor of Iran and announced that they are ready to bring their land to Iraq! ".
In another part of this report, Tabanak intensified his criticism by using the headline "Traitors to Iran on the Front Line" and wrote: "Treason to the motherland is not just espionage; There are many forms of treason, one of which is not maintaining the honor of the country.
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