Cristiano Ronaldo, a renowned soccer player, might encounter legal problems in Iran after hugging Iranian artist Fatemeh Hamami. Ronaldo is engaged to Georgina Rodriguez. In Iran, engaged men can’t touch women outside their family. The punishment is 100 lashes. Ronaldo was in Iran for a soccer match. His team, Al-Nassr, beat Iran’s Persepolis 2-0. Iranian […]
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