Iran coach Carlos Queiroz confirmed on Tuesday that the team’s players are free to show solidarity with the protests sweeping their country over women’s rights while participating in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but they must do so within the framework of the tournament’s rules.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) said 344 people were killed and 15,280 arrested in the past two months of nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police.
Iran’s players covered the national team’s crest on their shirts when they played two international friendlies last September, which was interpreted as a sign of support for the protests. On to Doha, where they trained for the first time on Tuesday.
Queiroz said in a press conference: The players are free to protest as long as it is in accordance with the World Cup regulations and with the spirit of the sport, but you can also express yourself on the field in the sport of football and the players have only one thing in their minds and that is to fight to qualify for the role. Second.
Iran fell into a difficult group that includes England, Wales and the United States, while it failed to reach the second round in five previous finals in which it participated.
