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US Soccer briefly scrubs emblem from Iran flag at World Cup


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I am sure no one supports the Iran regime and everyone should be supporting the protesters in Iran who are being extremely brave to stand up and protest.

It is not clear that the Iranian player support the regime, Azmoun certainly doesn't and I doubt he is alone.

However changing a coutries flag is probably not the best thing to do.

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38 minutes ago, PMLF said:

The main issue is the timing, why do it exactly when the USA is about to face Iran in this World Cup?
 

 

BECAUSE  the USA were about to face Iran. It says so right there in your tweet.

This was to show solidarity to the protesters and the players against the regime.  The current version of the flag represents the regime. They used a version of the flag that doesn't represent the regime.

This isn't rocket science. 

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3 hours ago, thomyorkessoul said:

What a shock that you are taking the side of authoritarians yet again. They should have been kicked out already.

The players should be allowed to stay in Qatar as long as possible until they can return to their clubs outside Iran, or find new clubs overseas, because god help them when they return.

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13 minutes ago, Heartwork said:

The players should be allowed to stay in Qatar as long as possible until they can return to their clubs outside Iran, or find new clubs overseas, because god help them when they return.

While the Iranian players support the protests, it seems Carlos Queiroz at least isn’t happy about press talking about it.

 

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14 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said:

PMLF really does love an authoritarian :D Carlos is still going on about it. Feels like he's moved from treading a fine line to being the regimes spokesman. Whether that's through some sort of coercion or his choice is up for debate 

 

He complained again today:

I think he is taking things personally, maybe he thinks that they are harming his work somehow or that they are playing mind games or something.

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He’s just desperately deflecting any negative questions about the regime. Maybe even given talking points by Iran about what to say back. Clearly values his pay and knows it needs signing off by the government.

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