Team Melli should be banned

[Super Shojaei]

Taremi swaps shirts with an Israeli footballer

[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

[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]

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?

[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!

[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.

[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==

[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

[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

[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.

[koorosh]

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?

[Super Shojaei]

We are talking about a guy who barely knew he was Iranian a few years ago. There is no emotional attachment to TM. To hitch your wagon to this blood sucking regime and representing that crest is pretty asinine. The guy already has a professional career in Europe. Most kids in Iran who do this is for self preservation and a hope of being discovered by foreign clubs.

Before anyone brings up Gucci, Saman, Zandi and Ashlan, I just want to point out that they were raised in an Iranian household. And the timing now is a lot different than before.

Saman had never actually been to Iran prior to his call up but Eckert did when he was younger

most dual nationality athletes don’t give a f about the nations they represent- they want an easy ticket to the World Cup and thats it - we were Zandi’s second choice , Beitashour’s second choice , Davari’s too and so too saman all 4 excluding davari actually represented their first choices at some level . Fans get sentimental about it but this is a business and a career decision . Loads of athletes represent blood sucking regimes and blood money look at David beckham and Gary Neville receiving tens of millions from Qatar or Anthony Joshua reviving millions from Saudi you think any of those give a f?

Same with footballers - this World Cup is his last chance to play at a major international tournament - most likely Iran will have huge media attention and a lot of people will watch the New Zealand game - this is the perfect marketing opportunity for him and with his main competition Azmoun dropped it’s even more of a good opportunity .

his dad flew to Iran in January - took a dna test in Iran, he also hired an Iranian pt in march this month , had his team mates comment on his instagram about Iran and spent time hanging out with sayadmanesh and jahanbaksh I don’t think he’s done all this to then opt out for moral reasons . Especially the effort his father took for all the dna tests - his father himself only got an Iranian passport in January to fly there . He also has his wife’s pregnancy so most likely this World Cup is his last chance to showcase himself and get his final big move - playing at the Asian cup most likely opens up doors to the East Asian leagues which pay better than Belgium too .

We have no players upfront that are scoring consistently - heck most of this team isnt going to even be playing consistent football till the World Cup as our league is postponed. Having one guy at least playing consistent football and winning a man of the match recently is something. Plus he has no real ties to the country he won’t need to deal with the political pressure the other players will face in the US

[PEJ]

Why? He’s got a new born on the way and this is his last chance to play at a World Cup against a weak New Zealand team and with azmoun dropped his competition just diminished

hes also one of the few players in the team that is actually playing football regularly likelihood he will be one of the only fit ones for the World Cup

hes a quarter national and his grandad is dead he won’t give a f about the political side of things he wants his World Cup to secure income for his family

We are talking about a guy who barely knew he was Iranian a few years ago. There is no emotional attachment to TM. To hitch your wagon to this blood sucking regime and representing that crest is pretty asinine. The guy already has a professional career in Europe. Most kids in Iran who do this is for self preservation and a hope of being discovered by foreign clubs.

Before anyone brings up Gucci, Saman, Zandi and Ashlan, I just want to point out that they were raised in an Iranian household. And the timing now is a lot different than before.

[Super Shojaei]

Eckert would be stupid to accept the invite.

Why? He’s got a new born on the way and this is his last chance to play at a World Cup against a weak New Zealand team and with azmoun dropped his competition just diminished

hes also one of the few players in the team that is actually playing football regularly likelihood he will be one of the only fit ones for the World Cup

hes a quarter national and his grandad is dead he won’t give a f about the political side of things he wants his World Cup to secure income for his family

[PEJ]

New list of 34 players released, no Sardar, Eckert invited!

Eckert would be stupid to accept the invite.