Iran’s players have been criticised for not joining in with dissent spreading across their homeland but the regime’s crackdown on high-profile figures leaves them in a ‘tricky position’, experts tell theipaper 🟢 GeorgeRSimms
, at least 326 people have been killed in the protests, with reports of 40 people being shot dead by security services in Zahedan on one day.
Iranian journalists have had their World Cup accreditation denied by the Qatari interior ministry ahead of the tournament. Iran want to limit coverage of the tournament within the country, in an attempt to limit any local reporting of potential protests by players in Qatar.Reflecting on the possibility of losing his place in the national team, Azmoun said: “[It] is a small price to pay for even a single lock of hair from an Iranian woman.
Ali Daei, another Iranian great and former Bayern Munich forward, has reportedly had his passport seized by Iranian authorities ahead of the World Cup after returning home from Istanbul recently. Former Iranian international Hossein Mahini, who plays for Tehran-based Saipa FC, was also arrested in October as a result of social media posts he made supporting the protests.
In the wake of their Iranian Super Cup win, Esteghlal players refused to cheer and the captain, Hossein Hosseini, who has been selected in the Iranian World Cup squad, dedicated the trophy to Iranian women. Football and sport in general have been heavily regulated and controlled in Iran since Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to power as a result of the Iranian Revolution.
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