Eight Iranian women football players are male!

News.com.au reports:

IRAN'S soccer association has been blasted as “unethical” following bombshell reports that eight members of its 's team are men.

“[Eight players] have been playing with Iran's female team without completing change operations,” Mojtabi Sharifi, an official close to the Iranian league, told a news website.

Officials have now ordered gender testing of the entire squad and leading league players, The Telegraph in the UK reported. The eight players have not been named.

The women's team plays in hijab headscarves, long-sleeved jerseys and tracksuit pants.

So that's why they play in hijabs!