Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 17 Police in Tehran have issued a ban on the use of motorcycles on Saturday afternoon as Irans national football team squares off against favourites Portugal in the 2006 World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Jun. 17 Police in Tehran have issued a ban on the use of motorcycles on Saturday afternoon as Irans national football team squares off against favourites Portugal in the 2006 World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany.
Tehrans chief of police Brigadier General Morteza Talai told the government-run news agency Fars that the ban would be enforced in the capitals main squares and routes.
Police fear young people may attempt to use the occasion as an excuse to wage anti-government protests and attack state buildings after the match.
