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United States national team coach Greg Berhalter and his player Tyler Adams received a series of hostile questions, the content of which has absolutely nothing to do with football, by a group of Iranian journalists, during a press conference held Monday afternoon in Qatar.
Where the sharp questions of Iranian journalists poured into purely political issues, related to systemic racism in America, as well as the presence of the American fleet in the Arabian Gulf, or what they call the Persian Gulf, as they said, while they also touched on strict security procedures and rules about Iranians obtaining visas to enter the lands. American.
Where the conference, which did not exceed half an hour, turned into an arena of political controversy, which embarrassed the coach and player of the American national team, in an atmosphere charged with hatred, and the Iranians forgot about the World Cup in spreading world peace, rapprochement and sportsmanship.
This comes in the wake of the US Soccer Federation publishing the Iranian year on social media devoid of the emblem of the Islamic Republic, in support of the explosive political protests in the country, which prompted the Iranian government to address FIFA to expel the United States national team from the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
This comes after the US Soccer Federation displayed the Iranian national flag on social media, without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, in support of the anti-regime protests in the country, prompting the Iranian government to call on FIFA to expel the USA team from the tournament by banning 10 matches.
Despite the return of the name of God to the Iranian flag on American communication sites, Iran still insists on submitting an official complaint to FIFA in this regard, in an atmosphere of increasing bickering that may reach its climax in the meeting of the two countries next Tuesday, as the American team seeks Strongly to achieve victory to advance to the round of 16 in the World Cup, according to sources.