In the northwestern Iranian city of Zanjan, people cheered and danced, actually celebrating their team's crushing 6-2 loss to England. Iranians who watched the match in England, meanwhile, were even more outspoken, chanting, death to Khamenei. That's Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The team did try to show solidarity with the protesters when players refused to sing the Iranian national anthem before the match with England. But some protesters say it's impossible for Iran to compete in this cup without being seen as representing the regime in Tehran. Even so, Touraj says he's looking forward to the Iran team taking on the U.S..
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Radical centrism, the rDrama team
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If you're being hated by both sides then you must be doing something right :)
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But also Soccer
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Lmao reminds me of the Chinese figure skater who left America to skate for the CCP but lost and was hated. International athletes stay losing.
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I’m guessing she disappeared off the face of the earth
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Iirc, Chinese people hated her because she got the position through nepotism and took the spot away from a lower-class mainland girl who was clearly a better skater and had worked for an Olympic position for most of her life. The crappy results were the final nail in the coffin.
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state media defended her anyway so she only got bullied online.
there wasn't any proof that her selection was due to nepotism but when someone chokes that badly it's kind of sus.
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Their fault for being born
in the wrong 
country 
during the wrong 
political 
climate.
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Don't mind me just needed a closer look at this rare marsey
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I'm thinking Iranian athletes are just in it for the money until they can secretly emigrate to the west. Nobody there will hold it against them.
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Problem with sub b-tier athletes. They don't have the skill set to emigrate.
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Her humiliation was extremely wholesome
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They are losers
Everyone hates losers, that was obvious
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Chop off their dominant foot as motivation not to lose next time
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Prosthetic soccer could be very entertaining. They could have specially designed limbs and switch them out like golf clubs. Remove the arms from every player that isn't the goalie too
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You can't have hand-ball penalties if there aren't any hands in play, that's a big time saver
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i bet on them if that gives them any solace
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Now I understand where all the vuvuzelas and Iran chants came from.
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Knowing Iran, I'm sure there's plenty of conspiracy theory
rumors floating around to explain why they lost. It can't possibly just be that they didn't play as well.
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Well they are r-slurs, they had the most gains by sticking to the gov. I also know some Iranian who are against the gov and something connects them. They all foids who think Iran is white Europe
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Snapshots:
archive.org
ghostarchive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139190277/iranians-feel-conflicted-about-watching-the-world-cup-amid-protests-at-home:
archive.org
ghostarchive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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Poor Iran cant stop taking Ls.
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