Iran’s players this morning joined in the national anthem ahead of their crucial World Cup meeting with Wales, amid reports of anti-regime protestors being harassed by government supporters outside the ground.
Iran refused to sing the anthem ahead of Monday’s Group B opener against England in a show of support for human rights protesters, hundreds of whom have been killed in demonstrations in the country following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September, with thousands more detained.
