NEW DELHI: Iran national football team players sang their national anthem during their World Cup match against Wales, at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Doha on Friday, after they chose not to sing in their opening game earlier this week in apparent support for anti-government demonstrations that have rocked their country for the past two months.
Loud jeers were heard from Iranian supporters as the anthem played, with the team singing quietly as it played. Iranian authorities have responded with deadly force to suppress protests that have marked one of the boldest challenges to its clerical rulers since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
