Iran's football team returned to Tehran on Wednesday evening after their 1-0 defeat against the United States on Tuesday and their elimination from the 2022 World Cup, the official Iranian agency
Irna
announced .
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They landed in the capital in the evening aboard a plane chartered for the occasion.
"
Some supporters were present at the airport to welcome them
," said the sports site
Varzesh3
.
Team Melli lost to England (2-6) before beating Wales 2-0.
A draw against the American team would have allowed them to reach the round of 16 but the Iranians lost 1-0 in this duel with strong geopolitical repercussions.
The national team played its World Cup in totally unusual conditions due to the strong tension that reigns in the country, the scene of a protest movement following the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini (22 years old), arrested by the morality police in Tehran for not, according to them, respecting the strict dress code imposed by the regime.
After refusing to sing the national anthem in their first game against England in a show of solidarity with the protests, the players backtracked for their second game against Wales, and against the United States where they sang the anthem again, without enthusiasm.
On Tuesday, Iranian authorities for the first time reported the deaths of more than 300 people in the unrest following his death.
