In this undated image supplied the Sanchez Cogedor household, Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, right, positions with his sis Natalia. Santiago Sanchez, who was recording his enthusiastic journey by foot from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, has actually not been spoken with given that crossing into Iran 3 weeks back, his household stated Monday, Oct. 24,2022 (Sanchez Cogedor household through AP) The Associated Press By RAQUEL REDONDO and ISABEL DEBRE, Associated Press MADRID (AP)– A Spanish male travelling from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has actually not been spoken with because the day after he crossed into Iran 3 weeks back, his household stated Monday, stirring worries about his fate in a nation shaken by mass discontent. The skilled traveler, previous paratrooper and impassioned soccer fan, 41- year-old Santiago Sánchez, was last seen in Iraq after treking through 15 nations and thoroughly sharing his journey on a popular Instagram account over the last 9 months. Sánchez’s household last spoken with him on Oct. 2, a day after he crossed the Iraq-Iran border. “We are deeply concerned, we can’t stop sobbing, my spouse and I,” his mom, Celia Cogedor, informed The Associated Press. Political Cartoons on World Leaders Political Cartoons Cogedor and Sánchez’s daddy, Santiago, sat beside the fireplace at the household’s house in a hamlet in main Spain. Plainly tired, the couple shown reporters the cherished last audio message their boy sent them that early morning, presumably currently from Iranian soil, detailing his future strategies. “I’m with a buddy who has actually pertained to choose me up. I’m going to go to Bandar Abbas, really far 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) south in Iran, near the island of Hormuz,” Sánchez’s calm voice stated. The Spanish traveler discussed how he prepared to go to Tehran, the Iranian capital, the following day, where a tv station wished to interview him. His next action would have been Bandar Abbas, a port in southern Iran where he would get on a boat to Qatar. All traces of him vaporized even prior to he reached Tehran, his moms and dads believe. Sánchez had actually currently cautioned his household prior to crossing into Iran that interaction would not be as simple as it had actually remained in previous months. “After a couple of days we didn’t stress over him not publishing, it matched what he had actually stated. After 8 or 9 days, my child and his closest pals … we currently started to believe that we had to report his disappearance,” his mom stated. His moms and dads reported him missing on Oct. 17, and they stated Spain’s cops and diplomats were assisting the household. Spain’s Foreign Ministry stated it had no details about Sánchez’s location, including that the Spanish ambassador to Tehran was managing the matter. Calls to the Iranian Foreign Ministry looking for remark were not instantly returned. This was not Sanchez’s very first time in Iran. In 2019 he biked a comparable path to obtain from Madrid to Saudi Arabia. His moms and dads take pride in his daring spirit and state his only objectives are to assist others and promote the Real
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