[Calderyon]

World Cup: Formal request sent to FIFA for USMNT's group rivals Iran to be kicked out of Qatar 2022

FIFA have received a letter demanding that Iran be kicked out of this winter's World Cup due to the country's "brutality and belligerence towards its own people." Team Melli is alongside the United States as well as England and Wales with their opening fixture scheduled to be against the Three Lions at Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan on Nov. 21.

However, because of the current political situation in Iran which has been termed "deeply unpalatable" for women and "not a safe space for even men," pressure is growing on soccer's global governing body to act. Calls have existed for months to exclude the Iranian team based upon current brutal events and the death of Mahsa Amini after detention by the country's morality police after the 22-year-old did not wear a headscarf correctly.

Protests are rife and upwards of 200 people have died since the start of the current political upheaval. Numerous Iranian soccer players and sportsmen and women have requested that FIFA remove Iran immediately and cited through a statement released via Spanish law firm Ruiz-Huerta and Crespo that the country's "brutality and belligerence towards its own people has reached a tipping point."

The statement also pointedly claims that women have been "systematically excluded from the football ecosystem" within the country.


"Demanding an unequivocal and firm disassociation from the footballing and sports world," the statement read.


"FIFA's historical abstinence from political quagmires has often only been tolerated when those situations do not metastasize into the footballing sphere. Football, which should be a safe place for everyone, is not a safe space for women or even men.

"Women have been consistently denied access to stadia across the country and systematically excluded from the football ecosystem in Iran, which sharply contrasts with FIFA's values and statutes."

Per FIFA rules, any nation's soccer authorities cannot be run by that country's government and no minorities should be excluded from attending games which is written into the body's values and statutes. With that said, FIFA now must decide whether Iran is in violation of those values and statutes on the eve of the World Cup.

Iran are due to be the USMNT's third and final Group B opponents with that clash slated for November 29 at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/new...-game-walkout/

[bitontheslide]

Scotland to make up the numbers?

[Mystic Mock]

I'm no supporter of Iran's regime.

But how can Football be taken seriously when the World Cup is held in Qatar?

[bitontheslide]

it is a bit weird asking for iran to be banned for human rights abuse when qatar are famous for it

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it is a bit weird asking for Iran to be banned for human rights abuse when Qatar are famous for it

Yes the Irony

[Nicky91]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


#IStandwithIran, IStandwithLegendsAliDaei, Karim Bagheri

[Nicky91]

whoever in the media came up with this woke nonsense topic, has to be sacked

[Nicky91]

probably the english who made up this story, already chickening out





Qatar also does nothing wrong though? safest country for tourism in the world

[Calderyon]

Ukraine to replace Iran?

https://www.sportbible.com/football/...-spot-20221024

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Ukraine to replace Iran?

https://www.sportbible.com/football/...-spot-20221024

if they do that, cancel the world cup entirely




woke fifa

[Nicky91]

hope Iran will then pull all their players out of european competitions

[Nicky91]

******* pissed off right now


this was THE final drop for me



of course woke ukraine FIFA must've been kissing EBU's arse too

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Ukraine to replace Iran?

https://www.sportbible.com/football/...-spot-20221024

that would be crazy. Just cancel the world cup

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Ukraine to replace Iran?

https://www.sportbible.com/football/...-spot-20221024

Jesus we would have even less chance of getting out of that group !!


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[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

probably the english who made up this story, already chickening out





Qatar also does nothing wrong though? safest country for tourism in the world

you go to jail if you get caught vaping

[Nicky91]

consider myself muslim from now on

i am absolutely done with that FIFA and the entire xenophobic west

[Zizu]

Yikes !

I just heard about a guy who went to Qatar with his brother and wife last year .. they all got a little drunk and were imprisoned for three days .. the wife was taken off to a women’s prison .

The guys were injected/sedated whilst there were in their cells !!

That’s a scary thought

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Yikes !

I just heard about a guy who went there with his brother and wife .. they all got drunk and were imprisoned for three days .. the wife was taken off to a women’s prison .
The guys were injected/sedated whilst there were in their cells !!

It sounds terrible.

[Alf]

[bitontheslide]

i think football needs to be consistent with where it decides to take a stand

They do things like take the knee but dont say boo to other human rights issues

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think football needs to be consistent with where it decides to take a stand

They do things like take the knee but dont say boo to other human rights issues

no politics in football, no politics in entertainment content


take this trash talk to the ****hole that is serious debates and i can happily ignore it

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think football needs to be consistent with where it decides to take a stand

They do things like take the knee but dont say boo to other human rights issues

15000 executed by a World cup nation

Fifa - "look at the pretty rainbow laces we have"

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

15000 executed by a World cup nation

Fifa - "look at the pretty rainbow laces we have"

so what?


whatever fake news that is to make a country (coincidentally in the same group as the english fishwives) look bad