{"id":514874,"date":"2022-11-23T01:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brave-iranians-do-world-cup-protest-right-while-europeans-blink\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T01:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:21:01","slug":"brave-iranians-do-world-cup-protest-right-while-europeans-blink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brave-iranians-do-world-cup-protest-right-while-europeans-blink\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brave Iranians do World Cup protest right (while Europeans blink)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2aa5cecd14c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2aa5cecd14c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brave-iranians-do-world-cup-protest-right-while-europeans-blink\/#%E2%80%9CBrave_Iranians_do_World_Cup_protest_right_while_Europeans_blink%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Brave Iranians do World Cup protest right (while Europeans blink)&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBrave_Iranians_do_World_Cup_protest_right_while_Europeans_blink%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Brave Iranians do World Cup protest right (while Europeans blink)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/iran-world-cup.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>At great risk to themselves and their families, the Iranian World Cup squad stood silent, arm in arm, as the Iranian regime\u2019s national anthem played before their opening match. This is a truly heroic protest.<\/p>\n<p>Ehsan Hajsafi, the team captain, told reporters the day before the match that he and his teammates \u201csupport\u201d the hundreds of innocents that regime forces have killed in months of protests \u2014 triggered by the Sept. 16 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (also known as Jina Amini), 22, after the religious cops of the Guidance Patrol arrested her for improper wearing of hijab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConditions in our country are not right, and our people are not h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y,\u201d Hajsafi said, adding that the victims\u2019 families \u201cshould know that we are with them, we support them and we sympathize with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every member of the squad knows that Iran\u2019s rulers will make them pay somehow, and that their families could suffer as well.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the seven European teams that had planned to send their captains out wearing \u201cOne Love\u201d armbands in protest of host nation Qatar\u2019s anti-gay policies . . . backed down.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA, the corrupt global soccer body, had warned that the armband would bring a yellow card \u2014 two of which bring a two-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> suspension. A better response would\u2019ve been to send the whole teams out with the armbands.<\/p>\n<p>Bigger lesson: It\u2019s beyond time for every national football association to break with FIFA, and create a global body that despots can\u2019t routinely bribe to host the world\u2019s No. 1 pro sporting event.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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This is a truly heroic protest. 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