Other athletes in Iran have joined in the protests.Īfter scoring a goal in the Emirates Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup final, Saeed Piramoon imitated cutting his hair - a move signaling support for nationwide protests in the country by calling for greater freedoms for women - an act that Iran's football authorities have vowed to deal with. "Iran's brutality and belligerence towards its own people has reached a tipping point, demanding an unequivocal and firm disassociation from the footballing and sports world," a press release issued alongside the letter reads. The letter says the actions of Iran's football federation violate FIFA statues and regulations. But Infantino doesn't even have the courage to give journalists an answer."įIFA did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment on Blatter's suggestion that Iran should be barred from the 2022 World Cup and his views on Infantino.īlatter's comments come weeks after a law firm sent a letter to FIFA on behalf of a group of former and current Iranian sports figures urging soccer's governing body to suspend the Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) and ban it from participating at this year's World Cup in Qatar. "I think it should be done by someone from FIFA who has courage.
"He's already having trouble creating a fund together with the Qataris - for all the workers who died in the construction of the infrastructure.
8, 2022, that picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago(AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri, File) (AP) Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, during the FIFA 20 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland. Blatter announces that Qatar will be hosting the 2022 Soccer World Cup, on Thursday, Dec.
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