Al Ittihad could be punished for AFC Champions League walkout as fresh footage emerges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : This season has seen the return of Saudi clubs to Iran for the first time since 2016, when the Basij, a group of Iranian militiamen part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
44% : In 2018 Saudi Arabia classified Soleimani and other senior commanders of the Quds Force, an overseas operations arm of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, as terrorists.
42% : Writing on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, Shiralizadeh said: "It seems that Al-Ittihad will be punished by the AFC because they trained without any problem in Naghshe-Jahan stadium last day while Ghasem Soleymani statue was there."Saudi Arabia hold Soleimani responsible for Iran's regional activities and has accused him of attacks on Saudi oil installations, Gulf shipping and of support for Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have attacked Saudi cities.
42% : After that incident teams from Saudi Arabia refused to travel to Iran for any international sports competition, claiming their security was not guaranteed.
37% : Iran has denied all of the above.

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