US vs Iran football match is a game or politics
2022.11.29 07:42
US vs Iran football match is a game or politics
Budrigannews.com – On Tuesday, diplomatic adversaries Iran and the United States square off on the field of the World Cup. Some Iranians are concerned that the match will result in additional encounters with stadium security or with fans who support the government due to raging protests at home.
In order to avoid escalating tensions due to the unrest that has engulfed Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22 years old, on Sept. 16, the contest between the two nations that severed ties over 40 years ago will be held under increased security.
According to state media, Tehran complained to FIFA after the U.S. Soccer Federation temporarily displayed Iran’s national flag without the Islamic Republic’s emblem in a show of solidarity prior to the match, which begins at 1900 GMT.
Qatar has staked its reputation on ensuring a smooth World Cup by increasing security at Iran games and banning items deemed inflammatory, such as Iran’s pre-Revolution flag. It also has friendly relations with Tehran.
State news agency IRNA reported that Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Doha on Tuesday on an invitation from Qatar, but did not specify whether he would attend the match.
Since then-President Donald Trump abandoned Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, ties between the United States and Iran have been particularly strained.Under President Joe Biden’s administration, efforts to save the agreement have stalled.
The World Cup, the first to be held in a Middle Eastern nation, has become entangled in politics.
A Qatari official stated that security personnel were present on Friday when Iran defeated Wales to “break up a small number of altercations” among Iranian fans outside the stadium. He added that the incidents were handled “swiftly” to manage tensions.
Iranian-Canadian Azi said, “I will not attend the game on Tuesday since I do not feel safe in Qatar.” She did not say her last name and was wearing a T-shirt with the Iran protests’ slogan “Women, Life, Freedom.”
She told Reuters that stadium security stopped her because of her attire. “Qatar is conducting the same censorship system as what is going on in Iran… Also FIFA is to take the blame,” she said.
Despite the fact that she and her husband were briefly detained by stadium guards at the Iran-Wales match and despite expressing similar concerns regarding Qatari security, Hila Yadegar, 37, intends to attend the game to support protesters.
Yadegar, who works in a Canadian hospital, stated, “I put a chair behind our room in the hotel even though it was locked.”
When asked about complaints about restrictions and concerns about security, the Qatari official said that authorities would make sure that all matches are “safe and welcoming for all spectators.”
The official stated that items that “could increase tensions and risk the safety of fans” would not be permitted in stadiums.
Bay Middle Easterner governments, including Qatar, don’t endure homegrown contradiction and fights are uncommon in the locale.
The Iran team decided not to sing the national anthem in their first game against England, which they lost 6-2, despite being pressured to publicly support protesters at home.But before their second match, which they won 2-0 over Wales, they sang the national anthem.
An Iranian fan wearing a T-shirt with an image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Qassem Soleimani, a high-ranking Iranian general who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020, chanted in support of protesters after Friday’s victory.
One of the most daring challenges to the theocracy since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 is the unrest in Iran.In response to the violent suppression of protests, Washington has imposed sanctions on Iranian officials.
After the Revolution, formal ties between Iran and the United States were severed in 1980, and their soccer teams clashed during the 1998 World Cup.In what has been dubbed the “mother of all football matches,” Iran prevailed 2-1.
