As the U.S. men's soccer team faced Iran at the World Cup in Doha Tuesday night, tensions ran high in and out of Al Thumama Stadium between Iranians voicing support for the anti-regime protests in Iran, and pro-regime supporters.
, the same man said frantically,"They attacked us! They attacked her, they attacked this girl… They just started attacking us… because of the T-shirts." another clip
Several other Iranian fans told CBS News they didn't dare bring their T-shirts and flags reading,"Women, Life, Freedom!" to the stadium last night because before the Iran-Wales game last Friday, stadium officials had either confiscated the items or barred them from entering. Last night, a sea of Iranian flags could be seen – but only the official flag of the Islamic Republic, not Iran's pre-revolutionary flag featuring a lion and sun, a sign that symbols of opposition would not be tolerated on the premises.
Ghoreyshi also said the regime is paying the expenses of supporters to attend Iran's games at the World Cup in Qatar and to show support for the Islamic Republic, according to the Iran International report. When asked what he thinks of the"Women, Life, Freedom" chants, he responded,"It's better I don't get into it.""We decided to just you know, root for the U.S. because of everything that is going on back in Iran, innocent people are being killed," said Iranian-American Simo Mozaffari.
Before the team's first match, Captain Ehsan Hajsafi had expressed some support and the players abstained from singing the anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran. But in their second and third matches, they mostly mumbled along.
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