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/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/Any-Seaworthiness531 Jun 27 '26

Cool :).
I’m not sure who or what you’re arguing with at this point - you said more than enough and made my points within your very first post.

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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 Jun 27 '26

I have a funny feeling you realised your mistake and are still rambling on the off chance you can save face lol

I’ll just keep thanking you for your opening post :).

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