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Santiago Sanchez Cogedor left his hometown near Madrid in January, hoping to make the epic journey in time for the November 20 competition

A Spanish football addict who set out to walk to Qatar to watch the World Cup has been arrested in Iran, his mama said after he dropped out of contact for several weeks. Santiago Sanchez Cogedor left his birthplace near Madrid in January, hoping to make the grand trip in time for the November 20 competition. But his family hadn’t heard from him for nearly a month.” The foreign ministry verified he was being held in Iran and that his state of health was good,” Celia Cogedor told Spanish television channel Trece late on Thursday.

The Spanish minister to Iran is taking way to” ask the Iranian authorities for authorisation to visit him”, she added, without saying what he’s indicted of or where he’s being held.

Cogedor had been establishing his trip on Instagram and in his last post on October 1, he said he was about to enter Iran from a northern Iraqi vill.

He also told his parents in a voice communication that he was going to Tehran, before heading to the harborage of Bandar Abbas to take a boat to Qatar.

Iran has been gripped by six weeks of demurrers and a deadly crackdown from security forces after the death of 22- time-old Mahsa Amini in guardianship. She had been arrested by the notorious morality police for allegedly violating the country’s dress law for women.

Tehran substantially accuses the United States of being behind the demonstrations.

Last month Iranian authorities blazoned the arrest of nine nonnatives, including from Poland, Italy and France, allegedly in connection with the kick movement.

The Spanish foreign ministry refused a request for comment, pertaining AFP back to Cogedor’s family.

Sanchez Cogedor had been establishing his trip on Instagram, and in his last post on October 1, he said he was about to enter Iran from a northern Iraqi vill.

He also told his parents in a voice communication that he was going to Tehran before heading to the harborage of Bandar Abbas to take a boat to FIFA World Cup Qatar.

still, you do n’t realise them, ” Sanchez Cogedor had said in one of his posts recording his trip, “ If you do n’t set a date for your dreams. “ You have to say on this day I go and on this day I left. ”

Iran has been gripped by six weeks of demurrers and a deadly crackdown by security forces after the death of 22- time-old Mahsa Amini in guardianship.

She had been arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran’s dress law for women.

Tehran has indicted the United States and other Western countries of being behind the demonstrations.

Last month, Iranian authorities blazoned the arrest of nine nonnatives from Poland, Italy and France, allegedly in connection with the kick movement. Read More FIFA News…

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