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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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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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 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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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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they played in a world cup. I'd pay for that man to coach my crotchgoblin's team. also Iranian emigrants tend to be well educated high income families, they have the means to pay personal trainers
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Her humiliation was extremely wholesome
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