US EditionIranian Women’s Soccer Team Forced to Sing National Anthem Ahead of Asian Cup Match, Sources Tell CNN
- On Monday, Iran women's national football team declined to sing the national anthem before a 3-0 loss to South Korea on the Gold Coast, with Iranian state TV labelling them `wartime traitors`.
- Amid recent strikes and unrest, the anthem boycott took place less than 48 hours after the US-Israel assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid violent strikes and an internet blackout limiting players' contact with family.
- On Thursday the players reversed course, singing the anthem and giving a military-style salute before a 4-0 loss to Australia, while about 50 Iranian Australians protested outside chanting `thank you Bibi, thank you Trump` and Iran coach Marziyeh Jafaribaravati ignored a hijab question.
- Journalist Ali Bornaei warned the team's lives were `in imminent danger`, tagging Penny Wong, while Asian Cup organisers engage Australia's Home Affairs Department amid asylum calls.
- Australian-Based Iranian dissidents called the players `hostages` and said the regime seeks to normalise its actions, noting the episode echoes the Iran men's 2022 World Cup pattern and citing the `90 million` opposition.
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Iran's women's football team being held 'hostage' amid calls for them to remain in Australia
The Iranian women's football team is facing an impossible situation. Return home, and possibly face punishment from the Islamic Republic regime for its silent protest, or stay in Australia and their families could instead suffer retribution.
Iranian national television silence should brand women's soccer players as wartime traitors and betrayers. The Iranian women's soccer team was accused of being wartime traitors by a state broadcaster for not singing the national anthem before a match. The American sports media outlet The Athletic reported on the 7th (Korean time) that Iranian state TV presenter Moha
Regime broadcaster threatens Iran soccer players who stood silent during anthem
Iran's women's soccer players stood in silence during the country's national anthem at a game on Monday in Australia, while a regime broadcasting presenter threatened, 'Let me just say one thing: traitors during wartime must be dealt with more severely'
While their country is on fire and blood, the Iranian players are currently in Australia to play the Asian Cup. By refusing to sing the national anthem at their opening game,...
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