耐克公司以美國製裁爲由，稱不向世界盃伊朗隊球員提供球鞋

The world's largest footwear maker, U.S. apparel company Nike, says it will not provide shoes to players of Iran's national football team for the World Cup because of U.S. sanctions.

In a statement emailed to VOA Persian on Monday, Nike said it based its decision on the Trump administration's plan to re-impose U.S. sanctions on Iran in the coming months. President Donald Trump announced the re-imposition of sanctions last month when he withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.

"The sanctions mean that, as a U.S. company, we cannot provide shoes to players in the Iran national team at this time," the Nike statement said.

A Reuters report published May 30 quoted a Nike spokesman as saying none of the Iranian players at the World Cup, which begins next week, will be wearing its shoes. The report also quoted the spokesman as saying: "This has no relation to any political situation."

Nike's main rival, Germany-based Adidas, is providing the jerseys of the Iranian team, also known as Team Melli.

Football's world governing body FIFA does not regulate the shoe brand choices of players at the World Cup. A competing team can feature players wearing football shoes, or cleats, made by different brands, but all of that team's players must wear the same brand of jersey under FIFA rules.
世界最大的運動鞋製造商、美國耐克公司稱，由於美國對伊朗的制裁，該公司不會向參與世界盃足球賽的伊朗國家隊提供球鞋。

耐克公司在電郵給美國之音波斯語組的一份聲明中說，該決定是基於川普政府計劃在未來幾個月重新對伊朗實施制裁。川普總統上個月宣佈美國撤出伊朗與世界六個大國達成的2015年伊核協議，並重新實施對伊朗的制裁。

耐克公司的聲明說：“有關制裁意味着，作爲一家美國公司，我們此時不能爲伊朗國家隊的隊員提供球鞋。”

路透社5月30日的一篇報道引用耐克公司一位發言人的話說，在下星期開始的世界盃足球賽上不會有伊朗隊員穿耐克球鞋，並稱這跟政治無關。

耐克的主要競爭對手、德國的阿迪達斯將爲伊朗國家隊提供球衣。

國際足球聯合會不對球員在世界盃足球賽上選擇穿什麼品牌的球鞋做出規定。按照規定，參加比賽的同一球隊的不同球員可以穿不同品牌的球鞋，但同一球隊的所有球員必須穿同一品牌的球衣。