Iran national football team

Twitter lauded this gesture at a time when the England team ditched the plan to wear "One Love" armbands to avoid bookings on field.

However, the episode begged the question: if this was all true, why would the Iranian regime want to have a say on who appears for the national football team?

The day before England faced Iran on the pitch, Ehsan Hajsafi told the media that Iranians should know “we are with them”.

All of the starting 11 players were silent as the anthem was played at the Khalifa International Stadium. More than two months of nationwide protests, sparked ...

All 11 starting players in the team playing against England remained mute as their fans at the Khalifa International Stadium booed and jeered while others wept ...

Protests demanding the fall of the ruling Shi'ite Muslim theocracy have gripped Iran since the death two months ago of young woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest ...

Iranian players competing in the soccer World Cup have lost fans among many people back home who accuse the national squad of siding with a violent state ...

Iran's national men's soccer team refused to sing the country's national anthem at the World Cup in Qatar on Monday, in an apparent act of defiance against.

Iranian players competing in the soccer World Cup have lost fans among many people back home who accuse the national squad of siding with a violent state ...

DUBAI: Iran's World Cup soccer team declined to sing their national anthem before their opening match against England on Monday after many fans back home ...

Iran's World Cup team declined to sing their anthem before their opening World Cup match on Monday in a sign of support for mass protests back home after ...

The national team shows support for the anti-government protests taking place after Mahsa Amini's death.

Iran players line up for the national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and IR Iran at Khalifa International Stadium ...

In Iran, a human rights protest movement has swept the country and authorities have cracked down on demonstrators. On Monday, the men's national team ...