Has anyone ever heard of Shahad Farhani? Claims to have played for U17/U19 Team Melli

[DR Strangemoosh]

And how the F**ck has he been called up to the Iranian WC squad. The source is probably himself

Bullseye!

He went onto iranian forums and built a bit of hype around himself. In the end there were even British newspapers writing articles about "iranian international getting injured prior to WC" etc..!

He never played for any of these clubs he claimed to play for, just trialled with them.

[Nokhodi]

Sharu Naraji didn't have a contract with any of those teams either. It was just really bad research and sourcing that led to some papers actually believing he had a chance.