Iranian soccer star suspended for wearing SpongeBob pants

Sosha Makani, 29, was goalkeeper of Tehran's Persepolis soccer club. But not any more, after Iranian morality police saw him photographed in a pair of SpongeBob Squarepants pants.

Sosha suspended for six months because of yellow trousers, read the headline of Varzesh3, an Iranian sports news agency. SpongeBob [trousers] cause six-month suspension for Sosha, said the online news agency Asriran. ... Last month, Iranian news agencies reported that Makani, who played for Irans national football team at the 2014 World Cup, was being scrutinised by the authorities over his trousers.