A day after the painful 6:2 that the Iranian team snatched from the feet of the English players, in the Islamic Republic they are pointing an accusing finger at Israel!
As you may remember, even before the opening whistle, the players of the Iranian national team caused a great stir in the country when they refused to sing the national anthem at the start of the game as a sign of solidarity with the "hijab protest", which has been sweeping Iran for the past six months.
And if that wasn't enough, thousands of Iranians in the stands in Doha during the game expressed their protest, booing during the playing of the national anthem.
Iranian fans during the game, photo: IPA
The team's coach, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, condemned the team's fans for their behavior during the game, when he attacked: "Why did they come here to be against the team? It would have been much better if they just stayed at home. I really don't understand why they didn't allow us to play football.. ".
Iranian fans in Qatar.
A wall-to-wall protest, photo: AFP
In response to the events, the media in Iran also attacked and accused the demonstrators of losing against the English, when one of the writers went a step further, singing: "Iran 2 - England, Saudi Arabia, Israel and all the traitors inside and outside 6", so the newspaper said, "All the enemies of Iran cooperated In order for us to lose. This is what happens after weeks of psychological warfare under the belt. Our team suffered an unprecedented attack from foreign traitors...".
Iranian protesters in London, photo: Reuters
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