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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the selection of Hiriuki Kimura from Japan as the referee for the match between Iran's Persepolis and Tajikistan's Esteghlal. Hiroshi Yamuchi and John Mihara, both from Japan, will assist Kimura in judging the match from the round of 16 of the Asian Champions League.

"The Taliban told the artists to choose another job, they banned music and broke all the instruments ... Women were told not to leave their homes," Iranian-born Afghan filmmaker and actress Samara Rezaei told Jamaran News Agency. "Because we do not know what to do with you."

Sada-e Azadi news agency reported that the financial disputes between the cultural heritage and the contractor, along with the non-fulfillment of the obligations of the municipality and the governorate, have caused the destruction of parts of the historic Khatun Bridge in Karaj. According to the report, the roof of the main arch of the bridge was completely destroyed when the candles were moved. This bridge belongs to the Safavid era

Former French national team player and Paris Saint-Germain player Jean-Pierre Adams, who has been in a coma for 39 years, died yesterday at the age of 73. Adams went to a hospital in Lyon in 1982 for knee surgery, but suffered a cardiac arrest and brain injury due to mistakes in surgery.

Jafar Panahi, a well-known Iranian director, wrote in an Instagram post: "The Islamic Republic's attempt to purge the Taliban was a great betrayal of a nation. "The government of the Islamic Republic recently embraced Taliban leaders in Tehran and gave permission for such crimes in Afghanistan against our compatriots."