He began his journey on January 8 from where he lives in Alcalá city De Henares, close to the Spanish capital, Madrid. Spanish, hack to travel between countries, decided to cross 9 countries in Europe and Asia, or more than 7,000 km, to arrive on his feet in Qatar in November and attend the World Cup football matches.
According to Al Arabiya, everything went as planned and desired for the 40-year-old Santiago Sanchez.
The video below shows him, and last September he arrived in the nearby city of “Zakho” in Duhok Governorate, in Iraqi Kurdistan, from the border with Turkey, where more than 3 weeks remained to approach the Iranian border. Until he reached the Iranian-Iraqi border, however, in which case every trace disappeared for him. Most likely to Iran.
The last person to speak to him on the phone was a trustworthy friend who, according to what the friend told the Spanish newspaper El Mondo last Sunday, spoke to Al-Tarjali on October 1 from a region of Kurdistan five kilometres from the Iranian border. He added that he had learned from his friend that he was close to achieving his goal “Because he decided to ride a boat from Iran to cross the Gulf, and reach Qatar,” as he put it.
Al-Siddiq added that the WhatsApp message and his connection were from the following day, on October 2, and that Al-Tarajali described the situation by saying: “Here is hot, but everything is fine.” This is an allusion to his thoughts regarding the demonstrations and unrest that have been taking place in Iran since last September 16 in the message.
When the friend wanted to reply to his message, he discovered that communication with him had been cut off. Since that day, his family has been searching for him, with some of its members believing that the Iranian authorities have detained him. The family therefore contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish embassy in Tehran to help find him, but nothing responded until yesterday, so he crossed Spanish borders and became an international subject.
When Spanish returned from the World Cup in Qatar to Iran, his influence had vanished.
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