Queiroz was asked for his observations about the situation in Iran, but replied by saying, "I have no thoughts."
Iranian concerns of protests at the game proved well-founded, with supporters ejected by the Austrian police for displaying banners bearing Amini's name. Polten before a U-turn on the day of the game. The Amini protests had already begun, and the anxiety within the Iranian camp led to ESPN and other Western media outlets being banned from attending the Uruguay game in St. They want their national football team to participate in the 2022 World Cup." When ESPN spoke to Queiroz in late September during a training break in Vienna, Austria, ahead of friendlies against Uruguay and Senegal, he said, "Most of the Iranian people have a clear answer to this campaign. When asked during a training camp in Tehran last week about the ongoing protests and unrest in the country - and suggestions that many within Iran do not want their team to be the face of the Islamic regime - Queiroz chose to steer clear of giving his opinion on the situation. Outside of Iran, calls for Team Melli - Iran's nickname for their national team - to be kicked out of the World Cup have been voiced by Ukraine because of claims that the country is supplying military hardware to Russia in order to support its invasion of Ukraine.Īs national team coach, Queiroz is the leading figure of Iranian football, but the former Real Madrid coach and Sir Alex Ferguson's longtime assistant at Manchester United has chosen to avoid the subject that is now consuming Iran. Women continue to protest against the regime by cutting their hair and refusing to wear headscarves, with Iranian footballers, past and present, joining the protests on social media with posts that support the demands for greater rights for women and society. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga and more (U.S.)īut within days of him returning to Iran, protests against the death of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for failing to wear her headscarf properly, began to escalate and engulf the country.Īlmost two months on, the situation remains volatile. and United Kingdom have rarely been anything other than hostile since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 - Queiroz would need to be both football coach and diplomat to ensure that Iran's World Cup campaign passed off as smoothly as possible.
Pitched into a politically sensitive group in Qatar alongside the United States, England and Wales - Iranian relations with the U.S. USMNT and England in QatarĬarlos Queiroz had a pretty good idea what he was signing up for in September when he agreed to return to his previous role as coach of the Iran national team, three years after ending his initial eight-year stint in charge, on a $50,000 contract for three months' work culminating at the World Cup. Iran coach Carlos Queiroz talks World Cup group vs.
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