Team Melli should be banned

[Artaxerxes]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with people of minimal ancestry using their ties to get into national teams and advancing their own careers.

Having said that, at this juncture, a person being raised in the west has to be pretty sick in the mind to want to play under this regime after repeated massacres of Mahsa movement and 2026.

I am still hoping that his father did not go to Iran in January and he will decline playing under IR because otherwise tof be roosh.

As we speak IR is continuing to execute sports figure who took to the streets in January. Really what does it take for you people to take your heads out of the sand?

Very well said, the I.R apes executed 19 year old gold medal winning wrestler Saleh Mohammadi 2 days ago and some people here seem to still have no problem to root for this IRGC khayemal team melli whit that ugly kharchang crest and vomiting anthem.

[Super Shojaei]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with people of minimal ancestry using their ties to get into national teams and advancing their own careers.

Having said that, at this juncture, a person being raised in the west has to be pretty sick in the mind to want to play under this regime after repeated massacres of Mahsa movement and 2026.

I am still hoping that his father did not go to Iran in January and he will decline playing under IR because otherwise tof be roosh.

As we speak IR is continuing to execute sports figure who took to the streets in January. Really what does it take for you people to take your heads out of the sand?

His father already did the dna test and he has a passport- Eckert couldn’t have gotten a passport without him also having gotten a passport so it’s a done deal.

This corrupt regime has been doing fucked up shit since way before the forum began - it doesn’t represent the sports team or its athletes. Iran women playing at the Asian cup was as positive because it raised awareness for the situation and the anthem got booed and two players were saved and found new clubs in Australia . That’s better than nothing isn’t it? Plus with the media attention the IR got embarrassed .

now this team is playing in California which has the highest concentration of pro RP Iranians on earth they will be around a pro shah crowd I see that as a positive and again it gives us media attention like the women’s asian cup did

many westerners go back to play for brutal regimes - look at how many athletes took paycheck from Saudi Arabia and Qatar for all their human rights abuses, even today Eritrea announced a list full of Swedes, Norwegian and English diasporas and that regime is even more brutal than the ir in some aspects not to mention the Japanese born North Koreans that go back to North Korea to play for that f’ed up government again no protest over that by anyone

id also rather Eckert play then some pro regimi player like torabi? Wouldn’t you? I think it’s better to have players with no political affiliation to Iran rather than what seems to be happening now with pro- rp players being replaced by regimis like torabi, khalizadeh, Berinvand i hope these lot get displaced by disporas

[Super Shojaei]

Very well said, the I.R apes executed 19 year old gold medal winning wrestler Saleh Mohammadi 2 days ago and some people here seem to still have no problem to root for this IRGC khayemal team melli whit that ugly kharchang crest and vomiting anthem.

the anthem will get booed in America like it did in Australia during the Woman's Asian cup - no way anyone there is cheering for the IR

as for the flag again the majority of flags in the stadium will be Lion and Sun just like it was at the woman's asian cup

this flag and colours aren't going to get any cheering anytime soon by crowds


i've personally lost a lot in the last month due to these bombings in Tehran and i don't blame the football players- majority of them are just low iq athletes trying to do their best - its a million to one odds of a football player ever making the world cup if they choose to take it ahead of sports morals- of which historically most athletes have f all morals i've learnt to keep expectations low

[webmaster]

Sardar didn't even want to go to the world cup and he never even applied for visa. Good job Sardar

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWNAvEugFUc/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[webmaster]

And here is the one for Sardar. If I was ln Sardars place I would post a story tagging Misaghi "let's wait and see which one of us two will experience WC 2026"

Misaghi has always been a shill. The IR only places their own people everywhere.

[Iran_19]

Taghavi from Iran International claims that Sardar didn’t go himself to apply for US visa and therefore he was not invited!
not sure how much it is true!

[Super Shojaei]

Taghavi from Iran International claims that Sardar didn’t go himself to apply for US visa and therefore he was not invited!
not sure how much it is true!

could well be true - seeing as Ghaedi followed rp but was still invited and not dropped i could see that being believable

still dont know what about to hozzienzadeh - he was in good form , didn't post anything and was still dropped - maybe he refused too?

[Ghormesabzi]

Can someone please clarify whether Sardar has been dropped from the WC squad or if it's just for the upcoming friendly games?

Is there still a chance that he will play in the WC?

[Super Shojaei]

Can someone please clarify whether Sardar has been dropped from the WC squad or if it's just for the upcoming friendly games?

Is there still a chance that he will play in the WC?

No one knows as of yet

some say it’s for taking photos with emryati leaders but other members of the team like ghaedi who spoke out didn’t get banned

some say he just doesn’t want to play for the regime at all guess we will get confirmation in. A few weeks


I’m not sure how this team will even make it to Turkey with all those bombings

[Super Shojaei]

Taremi swaps shirts with an Israeli footballer

[koorosh]

Taremi swaps shirts with an Israeli footballer]

The report says (in Hebrew) that "however, Taremi may not have know that Naor is Israeli".

[PEJ]

Taremi swaps shirts with an Israeli footballer

This is actually awesome. The fallout from this should be epic.

On the other end are we really to believe that he didn’t know. If he did, Damesh garm what a surprise.

[koorosh]

id also rather Eckert play then some pro regimi player like torabi? Wouldn’t you? I think it’s better to have players with no political affiliation to Iran rather than what seems to be happening now with pro- rp players being replaced by regimis like torabi, khalizadeh, Berinvand i hope these lot get displaced by disporas

Sigh!

1. If Eckert gets to play, it will be likely in the place of Sardar rather than Torabi.
2. Those Westerners who play for Eriteria look Eriterian, no?
3. Anyone choosing to play for Iran now knows that the players are and will be under extreme duress to sing the anthem, give military salutes and not defect because of threats against their families etc. The whole world saw what happened to our Women's National team. Those who refused to play and left the team have shown what a wise decision they made. Those who played gained nothing but at a minimum severe worry about themselves and their families for refusing to sing the anthem.
4. GN would have to find a good 6 foreign born players to fulfill your dream of replacing IR loving players in our lineup.
5. What kind of game will u be planning to attend? Cheering for one player, booing the next player, cheering goals against beiranvand, cheering goals by Eckert?
6. Tof be rooye Saman too if he plays now...and Eckert etc. They have grown up without being brainwashed...so we can't give them any benefit of doubt.

There is absolutely no way to separate sports from IR. Even IR says that...listen to Misaghi's rant. If you play for IR, you have to accept them. Unequivocally, any team IR puts forth in football will be an IR team.

[Super Shojaei]

Sigh!

1. If Eckert gets to play, it will be likely in the place of Sardar rather than Torabi.
2. Those Westerners who play for Eriteria look Eriterian, no?
3. Anyone choosing to play for Iran now knows that the players are and will be under extreme duress to sing the anthem, give military salutes and not defect because of threats against their families etc. The whole world saw what happened to our Women's National team. Those who refused to play and left the team have shown what a wise decision they made. Those who played gained nothing but at a minimum severe worry about themselves and their families for refusing to sing the anthem.
4. GN would have to find a good 6 foreign born players to fulfill your dream of replacing IR loving players in our lineup.
5. What kind of game will u be planning to attend? Cheering for one player, booing the next player, cheering goals against beiranvand, cheering goals by Eckert?
6. Tof be rooye Saman too if he plays now...and Eckert etc. They have grown up without being brainwashed...so we can't give them any benefit of doubt.

There is absolutely no way to separate sports from IR. Even IR says that...listen to Misaghi's rant. If you play for IR, you have to accept them. Unequivocally, any team IR puts forth in football will be an IR team.

2. You ignored my point - Eritrea and North Korea are outrageously corrupt countries and even more barbaric than Iran’s in some cases yet players went to play for them - jong tae see was born in Japan to South Korean parents and he opted to play for North Korea despite the brutality of that regime ? Why? Because it was his ticket to a bundasliga move . Where’s the outrage over that ? No where. Same with those European born players who opt to play for Eritrea

( North Korean law states than Koreans who attend North Korean school in Japan can get North Korean passports)

Most athletes don’t give a f about politics my point is

3. The u23 team didn’t give military salutes when they didn’t sing the anthem first game- second and third they were most likely forced as they were laughing throughout and a lot of those players are now dropped in this squad . Two women got saved in the end that’s better than nothing

4. there are still players like ghaedi that defied the government and got called up- Taremi spoke out against corruption way before the war and was never dropped

5. I support Iranians in their endeavours I don’t like most of this squad anyway I think it’s the most cliquey one politics aside

6. saman most likely will accept his call up - he didn’t post regarding the conflict and all and celebrated his goals in the uae league- the majority of players didn’t celebrate their goals with the exception of zhaedi who in fairness scored for the first time in 450 days so I can understand him celebrating

athletes are selfish individuals from day one they don’t give a f and shouldn’t be relied upon

ir has been corrupt f and in power long before this website was created- so why did you join the website ? If it’s always been an IR team?

the fans in California will be majority pro rp and will boo the anthem like they did in Australia - yet the games will go ahead and most likely be our last World Cup in a while- I don’t see infrastructure recovering for at least another 5-10 years minimum , most likely we won’t have any home games for years onwards the New Zealand game is the last chance for a wc win for a long time

[Super Shojaei]

This is actually awesome. The fallout from this should be epic.

On the other end are we really to believe that he didn’t know. If he did, Damesh garm what a surprise.

I remember shojaei and hajasfi got in trouble years ago for playing against Israeli opposition so maybe Mehdi gets repercussions

or maybe the sardar situation got so much media attention that they will let it go

still don’t understand Hosseinnezhdehs omission