Iranian police confuse a woman with Kosovo coach, warns her not to go out without cover

Iran's moral police have confused a Kosovo coach with a woman because of his long hair, sending her message on the phone for allegedly violating Iranian hygiene law after being caught by traffic camera driving.

Acceleration Arifi, Kosovo Albanian with German citizenship, is the coach of the Persepolis union team. In Iran he is known as a strong goalist during his time as a professional football player for Persepolis.

Arifi is well-known in Iran, mainly for football and in part for modelsism and its television presentations.

He was driving a friend's car in Tehran when the friend's phone received a message from the police.

The phone message first shocked us because I was confused with a woman without a hyjab. I think the traffic cameras have photographed me”, Arifi told Sports News.

My friend was initially surprised, but then we laughed with tears. Later, many friends phoned or sent me messages to mock this incident”, he added.

Arifi explained that long hair keeps them from the age of 18 and that he has no intention of cutting them.

I've lived in Iran for many years with this appearance and I've never had any trouble. I think this was a misunderstanding and we can't do anything about this”, he underlined..

The women they caught driving without hyjab face fine sentences, removing points in a driver's license and serving prison sentences of up to two years at most.