The protests that have broken out in Iran could affect the performance of the soccer team in the World Cupwith rumors of roster splits, disappearing social media posts and former legends showing their support for demonstrations against Mahsa Amini’s murder.
The team prepares for a battle in Qatar’s key B, as competitive as it is politically charged, in which they will have to face United States, England and Wales in trying to get past the group stage for the first time.
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But the protests that have rocked Iran since the 22-year-old’s death following her arrest by morality police have raised uncomfortable questions for the team, with enormous influence in a soccer-mad country.
During the last hours, the attacker Sardar Azmoun, national team star and Bayer Leverkusen player in the Bundesligahas been subjected to enormous scrutiny.
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At first, he seemed to allege a silence order imposed on the team so as not to express himself about the brutal repression of the authorities in his country, but later he backtracked and qualified his statements.
Meanwhile, one of the most important players in the history of Iranian football, the now-retired Ali Karimi, became a hero to many of the protesters in
Iran, by emphatically supporting the protests.
The echoes of the mobilizations reached on Tuesday Iran’s friendly against
Senegal, played in Vienna in preparation for the World Cup.
Protesters outside the stadium chanted anti-Islamic republic slogans and chanted the names of Karimi and Azmoun.
“We are here to beg (the team): please support us instead of being against us,” he said. Mehran Mostaed, one of the organizers of the protest.
The players paid tribute to the murdered young woman before the game, dressed in black and covered the shield of their country’s regime.
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WATCH: Players on the Iran national soccer team covered their country’s emblem during the national anthem prior to a World Cup tune-up match against Senegal in a huge statement of support for the protests in Iran following the death of #MahsaAmini. #Iran #protest pic.twitter.com/YFbIIUl94x
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