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Pressure mounts on protest-linked Iranian athletes

Members of Iran’s national water polo team gather before their match with South Korea in the Asian Water Polo Championship at Assumption University in Samut Prakan on Wednesday. (Reuters Photo)

An Iranian cleric has called for the punishment of athletes who fail to sing the national anthem, which could be trouble for the national men’s water polo team when it returns home from Thailand.

The Iranian team will meet China on Sunday for a place in the final of the Asian Water Polo Championship, which is being held at the Assumption University Aquatic Center in Samut Prakan.

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