{"id":291909,"date":"2025-10-10T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/291909\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:16:23","slug":"socceroos-stars-confronted-by-furious-supporters-after-refusing-to-play-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/291909\/","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos stars confronted by furious supporters after REFUSING to play in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Jason Cummings and Jamie Maclaren play for\u00a0Mohun Bagan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Indian Super League champions were scheduled to play in Iran<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Footballers were advised by Australian government not to travel<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-145\/andrew-prentice.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORT REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  22:19 EDT, 9 October 2025   |  Updated:  22:22 EDT, 9 October 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/australia-football\/index.html\" id=\"mol-118a3e20-a573-11f0-adad-59199bd7576f\" rel=\"noopener\">Socceroos<\/a> stars\u00a0Jason Cummings and Jamie Maclaren have come under fire after refusing to play in Iran due to ongoing safety fears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The strikers are on the books of Indian Super League champions Mohun Bagan, who were drawn to line up against Sepahan SC in Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But following advice from the Australian government, Cummings and Maclaren won&#8217;t feature in the\u00a0Asian Football Confederation (AFC) <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/champions_league\/index.html\" id=\"mol-11911bf0-a573-11f0-adad-59199bd7576f\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> Two competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both footballers have the support of Mohun Bagan, who as a result were booted out of the competition by the AFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Irate local supporters then made their feelings well known to both Aussie stars in a clip shared on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In tense scenes, supporters can be seen shouting at both players, who attempted to explain why they wouldn&#8217;t travel to play in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bf83f760a68ecae7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102867321-15179453-Socceroos_stars_Jason_Cummings_and_Jamie_Maclaren_have_come_unde-a-16_17600626066.jpeg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Socceroos stars Jason Cummings and Jamie Maclaren have come under fire after refusing to play in Iran for their Indian club side\u00a0Mohun Bagan due to ongoing safety fears\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Socceroos stars Jason Cummings and Jamie Maclaren have come under fire after refusing to play in Iran for their Indian club side\u00a0Mohun Bagan due to ongoing safety fears<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ccac8788e434bc80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102867335-15179453-image-m-38_1760057648933.jpg\" height=\"897\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Following advice from the Australian government, Cummings and Maclaren won't feature in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Two competition\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Following advice from the Australian government, Cummings and Maclaren won&#8217;t feature in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Two competition\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mohun Bagan &#8211; current leaders of the Indian Super League &#8211; released a statement on the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Six of our foreign nationals (players) were advised not to travel by their respective governments to Iran due to safety concerns,&#8217; it read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The club prioritises the safety and well-being of players, officials and staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;No travel or medical insurance is available in Iran and existing life insurance policies for individuals become invalid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;(Crucially) this left unanswered questions about accountability in the event of an incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We fully support the stances of our players who have placed their safety and responsibility toward their families above the fixture.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cummings has been with the club for two years, while Maclaren &#8211; who has scored the most goals in the history of the A-League &#8211; joined the Green and Maroons last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The third Aussie at the club is former Sydney FC winger Dimitri Petratos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mohun Bagan earnt direct entry into the group stage after winning the Indian Super League title last season &#8211; but\u00a0this is the second year the Kolkata club has refused to travel to Iran to play in the AFC competition.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Socceroos stars confronted by furious supporters after REFUSING to play in Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Cummings and Jamie Maclaren play for\u00a0Mohun Bagan Indian Super League champions were scheduled to play in Iran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":291910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[211,1318,83,221,1926,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-291909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115349827780956300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}