Iranian fans supporting the protests against the Iranian government were commemorated this Friday in the stands of the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, which hosted the 2022 World Cup between Wales and Iran, which Iran won by two zeros. eggs.
T-shirts that read “Women, Life, Freedom” (Women, Life, Freedom), a shirt reminiscent of Mahsa Amini – a young Iranian woman killed after being arrested by police – and flags with a black cross on top were some of the props that fans displayed in the stands .
According to Reuters, a man in a T-shirt with the words “Women, Life, Freedom” was accompanied by three security guards to the entrance to the stadium, and another security guard forced the fan to remove the black cross he had pasted. Iranian flag. Reuters, a representative of the organization sent a list of objects banned by FIFA and Qatar in stadiums, which contains objects with “political, offensive and discriminatory messages.”
In the first match of the World Cup, the Iranian footballers refused to sing the anthem, but this Friday they quietly accompanied it while chants were heard in the stadium.
According to the AP, some Iranian government supporters have even clashed with anti-regime supporters.
It is recalled that the protests in Iran were provoked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who lost her life on September 16 after being arrested by the Vice Police for allegedly violating the strict dress code of the Islamic Republic.
The wave of anti-government protests, considered the largest since the 1979 revolution, was brutally suppressed by the Iranian authorities. According to Oslo-based Iran Human Rights, 416 people have died since the start of the protest movement, including 51 children and 21 women.