Defender Ehsan Hajsafi became on Sunday the first member of Iran’s national team to speak out from the World Cup in Qatar in apparent support of anti-government protests at home, saying players should be the voice of those suffering.
More than two months of protests in Iran, sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman while in custody of the country’s morality police, have created one of the boldest challenges to its clerical leaders since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran’s national team has been in the spotlight in the run-up to the World Cup with anticipation over whether players will use soccer’s showpiece event as a platform to show solidarity with the protest movement. “They should know that we are with them.
Other members of the team have avoided discussion of politics in public so far. Players Karim Ansarifard and Morteza Pouraliganji refused to answer questions on Friday about solidarity with women in Iran. On Thursday, midfielder Alireza Jahanbakhsh, who plays for Dutch club Feyenoord, suggested such questions were a ploy to distract the team. However, Bayer Leverkusen striker Sardar Azmoun was selected for the team despite having publicy supported the protests in the past.
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