Iranian football supporters boo national anthem and players refuse to sing

The Three Lions kick off their World Cup campaign this afternoon in Doha with a first-ever game against Iran.

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[Freedom-zqxn]

This is our message(Iranian people & protesters) to this team " You can not expect the support from the people if you don't support the the people.

[Balta]

I support the 🇮🇷 team for not singing their national anthem. RESPECT THEM 👍🇮🇷👍🇮🇷👍🇮🇷🇬🇧

[AlbertM]

From a Kenyan friend.
May the people of Iran finally be free from the regime.
May the great women and men who have sacrificed their freedom and their lives not have done so in vain.
The world is with you.

[adam__to__mehdi]

I am from India but i love Iran ❤️❤️❤️

[mogleesh-]

Aazadi for Iranian women. Fight till your last drop of blood. 🇮🇳 🙏 🇮🇷

[harisankar]

Thats for the Women in IRAN🇮🇷
,
Love from India🇮🇳

[yingliu]

So proud of them! Brave with beautiful hearts!

[MoXEditz]

I respect iran they know what's going on in Iran is insane and respecting the country would be stupid

[tanstoptips]

why did the crowd stand? sit and carry on talking through the playing of it if you want to protest.

[nimash]

The team that is indiferent to the suffering of their own people Is Not a National team. I hope they learn the lesson.

[yousrich]

This is what I call a true protest and something that takes guts to do.

Not like the rainbow armband that people keep complaining about

[mkssm]

I live in Iran, Btw people still hate the players here cuz they say not singing the anthem isn’t enough and they have to be there for the people

[thomaskennedy]

This is not a national anthem for their country but for their leader. It is not even about their homeland, just for a supreme goverment head.

[gnnascarfan]

Really fear for the team's safety now. Qatar is close with Iran so I don't think they will allow the team to go into a U.S. or Western embassy.

[Abtin.dragon]

Great work, our pepole, good job, we hate our government, and we miss our old one, why someone choose for change them.why.they was great, but.someone .someone….😢

[giaafshar]

because this is not our true national anthem.

[mohsenkeshavarzi]

We need the old country name back, Persia or Persian (u don’t pronounce it Persian), the lion of victory flag, and NO hijabs…

[gagameal]

Here is a comparison of the anthem of the Usa England and Iran.

With the Usa it goes in the anthem only about war and bombs (in 50 years the Usa has killed more than 10.000.000 people).

With the English who also have a bloody gruesome history, it is about worshiping kings and queens who practiced slavery and oppression.

Don't understand what is a problem with the Iranian national anthem?

*U.S.A.*
_Oh, say, can you see, by the early light of dawn, what we so proudly saluted at the last glimmer of dawn? Whose stripes and bright stars, through the perilous struggle, Over the ramparts we guarded so gallantly streamed? And the red glow of the rocket, bombs bursting in the air, proved in the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does the star-spangled banner Still wave over the land of the free And the home of the brave?_

*ENGLAND*
_God save our gracious king,
Long live our noble king,
God save the king!
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long shall he reign over us;
God save the king!
O Lord our God, rise up,
Scatter his enemies
And bring them down;
Confound their politics,
Thwart their shameful tricks,
In Thee we place our hope,
God save us all!
Thy choicest gifts thou holdest ready
To pour upon him;
Long may he reign;
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
With heart and voice to sing,
God save the king![4]_

*IRAN*
_On the horizon the eastern sun rises,
The light in the eyes of those who believe in truth,
Bahman is the apex of our faith.
Your message, O Imam, of independence, freedom, is engraved in our souls.
O martyrs! Your shouts echo in the ears of time.
Lasting, enduring and eternal.
The Islamic Republic of Iran!_

[MoeMaganis]

An anthym isn't for the governement, it is for the country. Not singing the anthym disrepcts their stance for Iran, and not the Iranian governement.

[pankajchaudhari]

In India
All muslim girls demanding Hizab to permanent dress .
And they are protesting against govt .
Indian Muslim girls feel they don't have freedom, everywhere hizab should be allowed even in school too.