Problems for Faghani? World Cup referee Faghani harassed over handshake According to IranWire, the Iranian referee for the World Cup third place play-off between England and Belgium has threatened to leave Iran forever. Alireza Faghani made his comments following a scandal that emerged after he shook hands with a female colleague on Wednesday, July 11, during the England-Croatia game in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Soon after, photographs of the handshake were posted and shared on social media. The Islamic Republic of Iran bans unrelated members of opposite sex from touching each other. http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2018/07/world-cup-referee-faghani-harassed-over.html