Radio Farda:

Nobody supports the regime in Iran, says a renowned German coach who managed a major Iranian soccer club, Esteqlal (Esteghlal) for almost two years.

Speaking exclusively to the German t-online.de website, the long-time Bundesliga coach Winfried "Winnie" Schäfer, has also insisted that everyone he met was scared [in Iran], although It's hard to imagine it if one did not live in Iran.

"In two years, I never met a person who was in favor of the regime – and I speak of people from very different backgrounds. Industrialists. Academics. Football players. Taxi drivers and even ministers," 69-year-old Schäfer asserted, adding, "The people I've met, no matter young or old, are not at all in line with the [Islamic] regime."

Meanwhile, Schäfer has insisted that the Iranian people support allowing women to enter sports arenas and freely watch male contests.

The interview was published by t-online.de on October 9, commemorating a 29-year-old Iranian woman, Sahar Khodayari, who died after self-immolation.

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