Iran players line up for the national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and IR Iran at Khalifa International Stadium on November 21, 2022 in Doha, Qatar ...

As Iran's national anthem played at Khalifa International Stadium, television cameras showed the starting players standing stoically, but not singing. Iran lost the match to England, 6-2.

Iran’s participation in the World Cup has divided opinion among the team’s fans, thousands of whom made the short trip to Qatar to take in Monday’s 6-2 loss to England.

Iranian soccer players remained silent during the Iran national anthem during the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar amid Mahsa Amini protests.

Iran’s national football team, many with green wrist bands, before the 2010 World Cup qualifier against South Korea (Photo: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Iran's players did not sing their national anthem before their first game of the World Cup against England on Monday, in apparent support for anti-government protesters in their homeland.

The Ukrainian Football Association also called on FIFA to “consider excluding” Iran’s national team, citing the “systematic human rights violations” there and “the possible involvement ...

Iran’s national football team, known affectionately as Team Melli, kicked off its World Cup on Monday in dispiriting fashion. The side, which came into the tournament the highest-ranked team ...

The match will be held at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria, on September 7. Iran prepares for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, which will be held in Doha, Qatar from ...