Iranian-American actress Jewell Farshad has alleged that Iranian footballer Ramin Rezaeian repeatedly sent her sexually explicit messages and pressured her to send intimate videos and meet him in Paris with other women. She said the exchanges, which began during Iran’s World Cup campaign, made her fear for her safety and led her to stop communicating with him; the allegations have not been independently verified in the supplied text.

Farshad said their initial friendly messages became flirtatious before, she alleges, Rezaeian asked about her sexual experiences, orgies and explicit videos. She also claimed that he later contacted her from a private Instagram account, used disappearing-message settings and withdrew messages; she linked the episode to broader criticism of Iran’s Islamic Republic and alleged connections around him.