Wednesday 25/March/2026 – 10:45 AM
Tehran City Council spokesman, Ali Reza Nadali, announced that there is an official intention to delete the name of the Iranian football legend Ali Daei On one of the lively streets in the capital, Tehran.
The spokesman explained in statements highlighted by Iran International Network, that this decision comes in light of popular dissatisfaction with the silence of some figures and symbols regarding the current war conditions that the country is going through.
Nadali revealed a local parliamentary proposal to replace the name “Ali Daei” with the title “Martyrs of Minab School” to be the new name of the street instead of the name of Ali Daei, the former Iranian national team star.
The officials’ desire to name the street after the Martyrs of Minab School was due to the victim of this air attack launched by Israeli raids on a girls’ school on February 28, 2026, an attack that killed between 85 and 168 students.
Ali Daei was previously banned from all sporting activities after participating in supporting the demonstrators who went out to protest against the Iranian government following the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in September 2022, before the ban was lifted in December 2024.
Daei is considered the player who has appeared most in the Iranian national team jersey after participating in 149 international matches. He is the third most goalscorer for national teams in history after scoring 109 goals, trailing Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 135 goals, and Argentine Lionel Messi, who scored 112 goals.
