Quote (Meanwhile @ 21 Nov 2022 16:01)
On a side note this is courageous men and not fuckoffs doing conspiracists theories behind their screens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3cn5dMAS4
Some of their families are still in in Iran.
there's much discussion these days about (empty) gestures, about FIFA strictly censoring anything that could make qatar's despots upset (from "one love" armbands to belgium's away kit featuring the word "love" in tiny letters on the back), about kneeling as a universal sign against discrimination, and all that...
compared to all of those stories, what iran's national team did was significantly more brave and risky in my opinion. their fundamentalist regime will most definitely punish them in one way or another. i can't imagine their portuguese coach keeping his job after the world cup, many of the players at the very least have family in iran, and they will all face some kind of financial / professional retribution, maybe even worse. considering all that, it was a very surprising and powerful gesture imo. good on them.