The scenes in Iran

[Jedi boro]

Worth remembering what an amazingly brave act that was today by the Iranian players to not sing their national anthem. Especially when you see the scenes back in Iran.

 

[atypical_boro]

Yeah. When everyone was saying yesterday they hoped Qatar got battered by Ecuador, I think it’s worth remembering that the Qatari players and the general fans/population are not in on all of this. They’re repressed victims at the end of the day. As are the population of Iran and most middle eastern states.

 

[Stocko]

They won’t be getting a heroes welcome when they land back home then?

 

[newyddion]

Yeah. When everyone was saying yesterday they hoped Qatar got battered by Ecuador, I think it’s worth remembering that the Qatari players and the general fans/population are not in on all of this. They’re repressed victims at the end of the day. As are the population of Iran and most middle eastern states.

Yet we still lost Eurovision

 

[MolteniArcore]

They won’t be getting a heroes welcome when they land back home then?

Saw an article yesterday (can't find it now unfortunately) saying that the Uk and others may need to prepare for the Iranian players to make asylum claims due to their protests against the Iranian regime. And if they do apply I hope the UK Gov welcome them with open arms. It is incredibly brave for them to so publicly stand against the oppression in Iran.

 

[sadgit]

My mate is Iranian and lives in Iran, for now, till he can get his family out of there. He was saying yesterday that there have been more deaths by the government on its own people, thank all of the people who had died during the Ukraine war. It sound like a living hell there.