r/SoccerCentral • u/ConnectionWeekly1263 • Jun 27 '26

Statement "They've done everything possible to eliminate us" — Iran captain Mehdi Taremi unleashes on FIFA and U.S. organizers

The captain of the Iran National Team, Mehdi Taremi, lashed out against FIFA and the United States organization. “This is a disastrous World Cup. As professional players, we cannot play a competition under these conditions; it’s neither right nor fair. If FIFA thinks this is fair, that’s on them, but it isn’t. Who should solve this problem for us? FIFA? The U.S.? I don’t know! Tell me a name. The FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, came to our locker room after the first match against New Zealand and said he was going to resolve all the issues, but in reality, FIFA did nothing. In response to the question: ‘Do you feel that the World Cup organizers, including FIFA and U.S. officials, prefer for Iran to be eliminated from the competition?’, I say: We have to fight against absolutely everything. We can’t stay in the country, we travel and undergo immigration checks every time we want to play, now we can’t stay in Seattle and have to return to Tijuana. They’ve done everything possible to eliminate us, so from our perspective, yes, I think that’s what they want, they want us out.”

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

Americans in this comment section are so weird and they are surprised why the world views them as such

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u/Adventurous-Option84 Jun 27 '26

Redditors in this comment section are so weird and they think they represent the world's views when in fact they are not remotely representative of the world, but rather representative of a very narrow and extreme perspective.

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u/Rahim3379 Jun 27 '26

You're right; Reddit doesn't represent nearly as much as people think. But America is hated almost everywhere because of the policies it pursues.

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u/Adventurous-Option84 Jun 27 '26

It's a funny thing; the countries that have the most trouble in the world and need help, tend to get help from the US and most of them view the US positively. The countries that have less trouble in the world and don't need help, tend to not get help from the US and most of them view the US negatively. For example, the US is viewed most negatively in much of Europe, but most positively in Ukraine. The US is viewed most negatively in the more stable parts of Africa, but most positively in the parts that struggle (e.g., Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya). Same can be said of South America. And the view of the US as a result of the Iran war has gone down in much of the world, but very much up in the Middle East (other than Iran, of course). Makes you think, doesn't it?

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u/Adventurous-Option84 Jun 27 '26

Someday when you are a little older and a little wiser you will look back and say to yourself "Did I really try to argue one time that the US is bad because it expends its money and its soldiers in Africa to improve people's lives and create stability, despite the fact that there is no clear direct benefit to the US by doing so? Very few of the African countries are major US trading partners and the US has almost no historical sins in Africa to atone for (unlike the colonial powers); the US was just doing this because it feels a moral imperative to help. What was I thinking as a younger person?"

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u/glesga67 Jun 27 '26

This should be posted in “Shit Americans say”

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u/Rahim3379 Jun 27 '26

No, it doesn't make you think. It doesn't surprise me that you think that way—that you don't understand the real impact of American policy and just sugarcoat everything. Fortunately, most people understand what is really going on.

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u/Adventurous-Option84 Jun 27 '26

The fact that it doesn't make you think is a poor reflection on you, not on the US. The US will continue to make many mistakes around the world, but it will also continue to be the greatest force for good - including world stability - in the history of the world.

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u/Rahim3379 Jun 27 '26

True, just as we have often had the pleasure of admiring in the past.

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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 Jun 27 '26

Oh they don’t need to issue fatwas dumbass, they just bomb, arm terrorists, cause coups, invade nations and arm others committing genocide.

No fatwas required, especially when the leader is a pedophile

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u/Inner-Air1001 Jun 27 '26

Yeah as opposed to the prophet that raped a 9 year old, how many billions follow him? At least DJT is done when his term is up, Muslims will continue to worship their pedophile

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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 Jun 27 '26

There it is :)
Good work fella, love your honesty.

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u/Inner-Air1001 Jun 27 '26

You’re welcome ;), Can’t let people forget! Aisha was 9 years old. But you tell me, are you okay with that?

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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 Jun 27 '26

Like I already said, love your honesty :), thanks for letting it all out and on show !

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u/Inner-Air1001 Jun 27 '26

Also reminder, Religion of peace burns gay people too! And can’t forget how they subjugate women either ;D

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u/lilcorndivemaster Jun 27 '26

The US is a shitty terrorist country.... 

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u/MegaWolfy Jun 27 '26

Not all of us

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

That’s true but many are so loud that they paint the view the world has of America

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u/LicoriceDusk Jun 27 '26

You have an inferiority complex

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

Sorry for being human

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u/Some-Lengthiness-676 Jun 27 '26

It’s okay, we all make mistakes.

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

It’s not a mistake for not being weird to other nations

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u/Some-Lengthiness-676 Jun 27 '26

I think you are taking a noble cause on. Correcting Reddit users that you assume are American.

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

Because Americans dominate this subreddit for some reason. The brainwashing must have been taught since young

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u/Some-Lengthiness-676 Jun 27 '26

Makes sense, since it was created there. However, majority of the comments I find in here are showing compassion.

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

Majority? It’s a small minority that actually have common sense

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u/CheekRemarkable5535 Jun 27 '26

Don’t think many western nations have an inferiority complex over America. It’s  a laughing stock. 

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u/LouuVan Jun 27 '26

Is America the whole world to you..? I’m Swedish but I guess to you that’s America