Going by Iranian fans, Ali J is not their star player internationally as the national team also plays defensively/counter-attacking style. Star play is Sardar Azmoun and this Ghoddos kid. Apparently, he just joined them after picking Iran over Sweden.
I dont think the war would be a problem as Ali is also a Dutch citizen while Saman is a Swedish citizen.
Edit- Apparently we were after him last year alongside West Ham, Swansea ( The player/coach connection) Leicester city and Man city were also monitoring him...