Footballers selfies with singers and fans despite warning by the government

Sami Beigi, Reza Ghouchannejad & Hossein Tohi in London
Rouhani’s political weakness is not, however, a threat to the Iranian regime, which depends increasingly on its security services, rather than its popular legitimacy, to ensure its survival. What’s more, it is in the interests of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the deep state’s security organs to have an unpopular and weak president who is no longer in a position to threaten Khamenei’s authority.