Iranian football fans, some with Ronaldo's CR7 branding on their shirts, gathered at Ronaldo banned from iran Khomeini Airport on Monday as the team plane landed. Ronaldo made the gesture in response to opposing fans chanting Lionel Messi's name. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. Portuguese and Al. Crowds of Iranian football supporters have flocked to welcome Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to Tehran - even chasing his team's bus. Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for one match for making an alleged offensive gesture during a Saudi Arabia league game while playing.
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The fake news claimed the Iranian judiciary imposed this sentence on the year-old Portuguese Al-Nassr star, who is romantically involved with Georgina Rodriguez , after he travelled to Tehran with his team in September to play Persepolis in the Asian Champions League, a match which CR7's side won During that visit to Iran, the footballer gave painter Fatemeh Hamami a signed jersey, hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek as a token of gratitude for giving him two of her works created using her feet.