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Iran's women's football team protesting the war Image – X
Iran’s women’s football team protesting the war Image – X

Iran’s women’s football team protested the aggression of America and Israel before the women’s Asian Cup match Iran’s women’s soccer players boycotted the singing of their national anthem to protest the war situation created by the US and Israeli attacks.

The incident took place at Seabus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast ahead of South Korea’s match against Iran in the Women’s Asian Cup on Tuesday. Before the game according to the rules, the national anthems of both the countries are played on loud speakers But even though the national anthem was playing on that speaker, no footballer, coach or any other member of the Iranian team joined him. They stood still during the national anthem

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint attack by Israel and America last Saturday Since then, a war situation has developed in the Middle East Iran’s women’s football team protested against that

Iran captain Zahra Ghanbari was questioned about Khamenei’s death at a press conference on Sunday ahead of Monday’s match. Iran’s leader answered that question in Persian However, the AFC representative quickly turned off the mic without translating the Persian-language answer to avoid controversy Journalists are prohibited from asking any questions outside of the game by the AFC



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