amidst the insanity that has been the england vs iran game (14 minutes of injury time for halftime included), I wanted to point out the very brave thing the iranian national team did that should not go unnoticed.
the team refused to sing the national anthem in solidarity of the protests back home and in memory of mahsa amini.
to use the world cup, arguably the biggest stage on the planet, to make it known is an act of unfathomable courage and for that they have my eternal respect.
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I remember the public being mad at the Iranian players for choosing to go meet with the president prior to the world cup and giving him a kit and everything but maybe they did all that so they could protest on the biggest stage by not singing their national anthem and thus shedding a giant neon light on the crimes against humanity going on inside their country? I think if they'd not met with the president and instead chose to go against him before the world cup, they might not have been allowed to leave the country. Either way, i applaud their bravery and pray for their safety.
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Love will always find a way
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You at 4 am, with a messed up sleeping schedule, rooting for a team that gives you anxiety and life at the same time.
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iran served cunt and said fuck y'all white people
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Support and love among the Team Melli
Get well soon, Ali Beiranvand!
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It's disgusting how in every international tournament, nonwestern countries are constantly portrayed as cheats, degenerate, unsportmen like mooks, so called experts watching and insisting it's in their nature to behave this way. They overblow every, little, competitiveness from contries like Argentina, Iran, Brazil etc while turning a complete blind eye to Portugal diving like they were the olympic swimming team against Morocco this year. But I bet if it had been Morocco who'd been that desperate it would have been seen as being in their nature. I guess racism and bigotry really wanna keep jumping out at us this world cup just like all the ones before.
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Nothing against Wales but it was so sweet to see Iranian players celebrating so excitedly 🥳
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