Iran's players hold up children's pictures in tribute to victims of the Minab school strike.
Iran players and team officials posed with photographs of children killed in the Middle East war before their friendly match against Costa Rica in Türkiye on Tuesday.Every Iranian player held a photo during the national anthem before their 5-0 victory near the city of Antalya.
Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei and the vice-president of the Iranian Football Federation, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among the officials who also held up the photographs.Iranian officials said some of the children pictured were the victims of an air strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli assault, that killed at least 170 people, including students and teachers.'Iran is undergoing an extremely unjust and brutal aggression. It is therefore a responsibility that falls to our national team to show its solidarity with our people,' said Iran's ambassador to Ankara, Mohammad Hassan Habibollah Zadeh, who was present at the match.Before their last game, a friendly against Nigeria last Friday, Iran's players held up children's schoolbags in tribute to the victims of the Minab school strike.The New York Timeshas reported that the preliminary findings of a US military investigation indicate that a US Tomahawk cruise missile hit the school due to a targeting mistake.FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended the game on Tuesday and insisted Iran would be at the World Cup, after their participation was thrown into doubt by the war.Infantino also said Iran would play their group matches in the United States as scheduled, after the Iranian federation said earlier this month it was 'negotiating' with FIFA to try to relocate the country's matches to Mexico.Iran are set to play their first Group G game against New Zealand in Los Angeles on June 15. They are then scheduled to play Belgium in Los Angeles on June 21 and Egypt in Seattle on June 26.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Iran threatens to bomb US and Israeli universities in Middle EastThe threat came after the United States and Israel struck two Iranian universities this weekend.
Read more »
Iran University of Science and Technology building reduced to rubble by Israeli airstrikeThe country's Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would consider Israeli universities and branches of U.S. universities in the region “legitimate targets” unless offered safety assurances for Iranian universities, state media reported.
Read more »
What have US-Israeli forces claimed to have destroyed in Iran since start of war?Cumulatively, U.S. Central Command says 11,000 targets have been hit since the beginning of the conflict on Feb. 28.
Read more »
Iran's internet blackout hiding strike damage and suppressing dissent, Israeli officials sayFox News Channel offers its audiences in-depth news reporting, along with opinion and analysis encompassing the principles of free people, free markets and diversity of thought, as an alternative to the left-of-center offerings of the news marketplace.
Read more »
Iran threatens to target US and Israeli-affiliated universitiesBasic
Read more »
Türkiye, seven countries condemn Israeli curbs on worship in JerusalemCountries are rejecting Israeli measures limiting access to holy sites.
Read more »