{"id":32381,"date":"2018-06-17T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=32381"},"modified":"2018-06-17T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:04:20","slug":"nikes-move-against-iran-disrespectful-alireza-jahanbakhsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/06\/17\/nikes-move-against-iran-disrespectful-alireza-jahanbakhsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike\u2019s move against Iran \u2018Disrespectful\u2019: Alireza Jahanbakhsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasnim – ST. PETERSBURG, Iran’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh had strong words for Nike following their team’s 1-0 win against Morocco to open the World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The team’s star winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh said of the American brand’s move, “To be honest, we didn’t care actually. What they have done is a little bit disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n

“In my opinion — and we spoke with the other players in the team as we had a meeting about this — politics has nothing to do with sport and with football, such a beautiful game. You don’t have to involve this kind of thing with this game,\u201d he added, ESPN news reported.<\/p>\n

“That is something that unfortunately this brand did and, well, it’s their responsibility to do such a thing but the image they have (projected) at least for 80 million people in Iran is not a really nice image.”<\/p>\n

The shoe company withdrew the squad’s supply of boots earlier this week due to US-led sanctions against Iran ahead of the tournament in Russia.<\/p>\n

Iran won their group opener after Morocco’s Aziz Bouhaddouz scored an own goal in second-half stoppage time to give Carlos Queiroz’s team the three points and top spot in Group B thanks to a draw later on Friday between Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n

On a historical night for the country, Iran recorded their second-ever win in a World Cup, 20 years after beating the US at the 1998 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Iran will face Spain in their next Group B match on June 20, before playing Portugal five days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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