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A former Iranian national soccer player was arrested on Thursday for expressing solidarity with the protests sweeping Iran, ... was a member of Iran's team at the 2014 World Cup. (AP Photo ...
The U.S. and Iranian men’s soccer teams will face off in the World Cup on Tuesday afternoon amid heightened tensions between the two nations over ongoing protests in Iran and a recent ...
The protests at home have followed Iran’s soccer team throughout the World Cup, which began Nov. 20 in Qatar. At some of the games, Qatari police have confiscated T-shirts or signs supporting ...
An Iranian fan with a protest banner at the World Cup. Iran's national team had been put under high pressure to support the protesters and had been criticised for not doing enough. [218] Some fans accused the team of siding with the government's crackdown against protesters.
Iran national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Iran have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions: in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. They are yet to have progressed from the group stages. [1] [2]
In an apparent show of support for the ongoing protests back home, all 11 starting players stood silent while the Iranian anthem played inside the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar.
The national team withdrew from the Asian qualifiers for the 1982 World Cup and refused to participate in the qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup because of having to play on neutral ground. The war and political upheavals left Iran without major club competitions until 1989 when the Qods League was established.
Iran’s national men’s soccer team refused to sing the country’s national anthem at the World Cup in Qatar on Monday, in an apparent act of defiance against