Iran players refuse to sing their National Anthem

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Iran’s National team, fans and supporters have cheered their country’s players when they remained silent as thier National Anthem played. According to the Captain of the Iranian team, who had earlier spoken to the press said that this was done to shows thier support for those who had died during thier protests across the country.

Human Rights group said that 400 people have died and 16,800 have been arrested since demonstration started against the government 2 months ago, only a Fifa official who was standing next to the team’s coach Carlos Queiroz sang the Islamic republic of Iran’s national anthem. Carlos later said in a press briefing that He is proud of what the Iranian team did.