Two months before the World Cup in Qatar, the players took a position on Tuesday in Vienna, during a friendly match against Senegal, in favor of the protest movement launched by the death of Mahsa Amini.
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A black parka, without flag or distinctive signs. If the players of the Iran national football team chose to remain covered on Tuesday, September 27, during the hymns preceding the meeting between their country and Senegal, organized in the suburbs of Vienna, the Austrian Automnale weather was not to incriminate.
The teammates of Sardar Azmoun, Iranian football star, masked their national jersey, in protest against the regime of their country, while the demonstrations following the death of Mahsa Amini, challenged by the moral police so as not to Having “properly” wore the veil, continue despite the repression. At least 76 people were killed in ten days, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights.
less than two months from the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18), where the Team Melli (the national team) must face England, the United States and Wales, the Iranian players have decided to challenge the theocratic regime.
On Instagram, the team’s star striker assumed his support for the protest movement, which spreads in the country. “The ultimate [punishment] is to be expelled from the national team, which is a small price to pay for even a single wick of an Iranian woman. It will never be erased from our conscience, wrote Sardar Azmoun, Monday. I am not afraid of being ousted. Honest to you to have so easily killed the people and live the women of Iran. “His account was disabled before reappearing a few hours later. Like him, several other Iranian internationals have marked their support for the demonstrators by putting a black background on their profile photo.
“I will always be your support, I want to be the first to be”
Wednesday, the Iranian player, striker of the German club Bayer Leverkusen again published a story, also apologizing to the other players if his positions disturbed the team. But Sardar Azmoun reiterated his support for women in his country. And he doesn’t chew his words against the diet. “My heart was really broken for Mahsa Amini and the innocent people. They left the world and left pain in the hearts of people that history will never forget, writes the 27 -year -old, on Instagram. I will always be your support when something bad will happen to you, I want to be the first to be. “
This protest intervenes when in Iran, women are still officially prohibited from stadium and have to make up for men to be able to attend matches. In 2019, a young woman had immolated herself before the entrance to a court in Tehran, for fear of being imprisoned. This case had pushed the International Football Federation (FIFA) to issue a directive so that Iran opens the doors of its stadiums to the female public. The regime allowed it in a few cases, but, in March, 2,000 women with a ticket for a match against Lebanon were not allowed to attend the meeting.
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