Cristiano Ronaldo in Tehran for Tuesday match against Persepolis

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived in Tehran along with his teammates from Saudi Arabia’s soccer club Al-Nasr FC for Tuesday’s match against Iran’s Persepolis.

Persepolis and Al-Nasr will face off at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium as part of the AFC Champions League tournament.

Upon their arrival in Tehran, Al-Nasr were received by Saudi ambassador and Persepolis’s manager Reza Darvish at Tehran’s Mehrabad’s Airport.

Ronaldo’s fans gave him a warm welcome too.

During a special ceremony, Darvish and other officials of Persepolis FC gave an expensive Persian rug to Ronaldo as a gift.

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