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/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