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Iran's national soccer team received a subdued welcome home after its World Cup defeat against the United States, a match played against the backdrop of ongoing anti-government protests in Iran.
A former Iranian national soccer player was arrested on Thursday for expressing solidarity with the protests sweeping Iran, ... of Iran's team at the 2014 World Cup. (AP ... news surfaced that ...
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 ...
A petition to stop the execution was raised on the protest site Change.org, and it has over 2 million signatures. [12] On 9 January 2023, Nasr Azadani was sentenced to 26 years in prison, 16 for the crime of partaking in enmity against God, and 10 years for 2 other crimes committed during the protests. [13]
Ramin Rezaeian and fellow Iranian players are in a no-win situation as they face the U.S. at the World Cup amid protests against the Islamic Republic.
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]
With protests sweeping the country, many Iranian players stayed silent during a recent national team camp. Now, they are speaking up.