The protest in Iran never ceases to surprise:
thousands came out tonight (Wednesday morning) throughout Iran to celebrate the defeat of the national team of the Islamic Republic to the United States team in the World Cup games in Qatar.
Videos posted on social media showed young people dancing in the streets of Mehabad, the largest city in Iran's Kurdish region, chanting slogans against the regime and in favor of the United States.
In the city of Skaz, where the young woman Mahasa Amini was murdered by the regime's men, an act of cruelty that ignited the protest against religious coercion in Iran, residents set off fireworks and played loud music to mark the team's defeat.
Iran is a country where people are very passionate about football.
Now they are out in the streets in the city of Sanandaj & celebrate the loss of their football team against US.
They don't want the government to use sport to normalize its murderous regime.pic.twitter.com/EMh8mREsQn pic.twitter.com/MqpxQZqT20
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) November 29, 2022
There were also outbursts of joy in the streets of the capital Tehran.
In the Saadat-Abad district, one of the richest suburbs of the Iranian capital, drivers honked their horns as a sign of joy and played music for passers-by.
In the city of Mashhad, a religious center and the country's second largest city, a man was recorded walking down the street wearing a United States team shirt.
According to some reports, the man was detained for questioning.
Surreal: Fireworks reportedly from Saqqez #Iran tonight celebrating US win over Iranian team at World Cup.
Saqqez is #MahsaAmini's hometown, the woman whose death has sparked mass protests against regime pic.twitter.com/1qoXxmBkfK
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 29, 2022
Masih Alinjad, an exiled opposition activist, wrote on her Twitter account: "Iran is a country where people show great passion for soccer but now they are celebrating in the streets the defeat of their team against the USA.
The people in Iran know very well how the regime uses sports to normalize its murderousness."
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