The World Cup dilemma dividing Iranians: Root for Iran — or against it?

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Shortly before Iran’s opening match at the 2022 World Cup, Mehran Hashemi decided he could no longer stomach rooting for his country’s national team. Players who Hashemi once idolized had since alienated him with their reluctance to use their platform to speak out against the tyranny of Iran’s Islamic regime.  Protests erupted across Iran four […]

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