{"id":168315,"date":"2023-10-17T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=168315"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:44:02","slug":"no-ronaldo-has-not-been-punished-by-iran-for-hugging-wheelchair-bound-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-ronaldo-has-not-been-punished-by-iran-for-hugging-wheelchair-bound-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Ronaldo has not been punished by Iran for hugging wheelchair-bound fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video featuring footballer Cristiano Ronaldo hugging a woman in a wheelchair and then posing with her and holding two of his own portraits is viral on social media. Users claim that the video was from Ronaldo’s visit to Iran in September when he met his fan (the woman in the video) Fatima. It is also being claimed that since Ronaldo was sentenced by Iran to a brutal punishment of 99 lashings for hugging the woman, as the Islamic court apparently viewed is act as adultery.<\/p>\n

Right-Wing propaganda website OpIndia shared a report on X (formerly Twitter) about the above-mentioned video where they claimed that the footballer had been sentenced to 99 lashings by Iran. They later updated their report. AT the time of the filing of this report, the tweet by OpIndia still says “Iran sentences Cristiano Ronaldo to 99 lashes for committing ‘adultery”. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Iran sentences Cristiano Ronaldo to 99 lashes for committing ‘adultery’: Here’s how he can avoid the punishmenthttps:\/\/t.co\/VP3O070P6Q<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

X user Alt Right Spain (@ModoAlt) shared the above-mentioned video on October 13 with a caption in Spanish that can be translated as: “Cristiano Ronaldo has been sentenced to 99 lashes by the Iranian justice system, which the Portuguese will receive the next time he travels to that country, according to Iranian media reports. CR7 hugged the Iranian painter F\u00e1tima Hamami as a thank you for giving him a painting. ‘Touching an unmarried woman in Iran is considered adultery.'” The tweet has received over 1.39 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 300 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Cristiano Ronaldo ha sido condenado a 99 latigazos por la justicia de Ir\u00e1n que el portugu\u00e9s recibir\u00e1 la pr\u00f3xima vez que viaje a ese pa\u00eds, seg\u00fan informan medios iran\u00edes.<\/p>\n

CR7 abraz\u00f3 a la pintora iran\u00ed F\u00e1tima Hamami como agradecimiento por regalarle un cuadro.<\/p>\n

“Tocar a una mujer\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/AgJ41X0iid<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alt Right Espa\u00f1a (@ModoAlt) October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another X user Debashish Sarkar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@DebashishHiTs) also posted the same video with a similar claim. The tweet has received over 3.89 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 200 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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#Ronaldo<\/a> could be given 99 lashes for kissing an Iranian fan<\/p>\n

In September, during a visit to Iran, Ronaldo met his fan Fatima, a disabled girl, hugged and kissed her, which is ‘HARAM’ as per Islamic #Sharia<\/a> Law<\/p>\n

If Ronaldo ever returns to Iran, he will be arrested, get 99 lashes pic.twitter.com\/R6SbFwQg3W<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Debashish Sarkar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@DebashishHiTs) October 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other users including @AzzatAlsaalem<\/a>, @MeghUpdates<\/a>, @PoornimaNimo<\/a>, @MadhubantiChat3<\/a>, @momentoviral<\/a>, @wallstwolverine<\/a> and Spanish media outlet @UHN_Plus<\/a>, shared<\/a> the viral video with the same claim.<\/p>\n