Zarghami was joking. But he pointed out that viewers - already irritated by the censorship - would turn to foreign satellite channels if matches weren't screened. Mehr news agency reports that he questioned how Motahhari noticed Shakira, given she was only visible in slow-motion. Satirist Ebrahim Nabavi wrote on Roozonline website: "How could you notice an image that was broadcast for only four seconds in the middle of an exciting match...? Please let us know so that, from now on, we can also watch women in the stadium instead of the match."