Iran’s World Cup Team Stayed Silent During National Anthem

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In an apparent show of support for the ongoing protests back home, all 11 starting players on Iran's World Cup team stood silent while the Iranian anthem played inside the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar

they are there to support “real Iranian people,” and not the national team. They also planned to boo their national anthem, which they said did not represent “real Iranian people.”

Other Iranian sporting teams have also expressed their support with acts of defiance, or by not signing the national anthem. These include an Iranian archer who removed her headscarf following a tournament in Tehran; Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a headscarf in South Korea; and the national water polo team, which chose not to sing the national anthem at the Asian Water Polo Championships last week.

The Iranian regime has executed several athletes for expressing political dissent in the past. In 2020, Iran27-year-old champion wrestler Navid Afkari after accusing the athlete of killing a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018 . The execution drew widespread condemnation, including from the United States and the European Union.

 

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A lot of people don’t feel this team represents Iranian people. They had some photoshoots with president that in my personal opinion orchestrated by government. During games you could hear chants against them.

they are real iranian men

Make no mistake! That song was not Iran's national anthem! That was regime's anthem which the athletes refused to sing it in protest to regime's barbaric slaughtering Iranians!

I’d stay silent too. Even for my own national anthem.

A palavra aparente sendo usada pelo um jornal que se diz de renome desta forma, tenho até preguiça de ler a matéria

This is not the national team of Iran, this is the team of the government of the mullahs.. MahsaAmini IranRevolution

None of your business! چخ

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It's as bad as kneeling here in the USA.

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