Iranian national team footballer Mohammad Mahbi was reportedly filmed throwing into a trash can a poster bearing the slogan 'Woman, Life, Freedom' that had been affixed to a wall at the team's residence, according to a desk-reviewed report on Iran news. The act has drawn criticism from activists who see it as a dismissal of the protest movement.
A desk-reviewed report on Iranian news channel has posted a video reportedly showing Iranian national football team player Mohammad Mahbi discarding a "Woman, Life, Freedom" poster into a trash can at the team's living quarters. The slogan became a rallying cry during the nationwide protests that followed the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.
The incident follows a string of tensions involving the Iranian national team and the regime's crackdown on dissent. As The Zioneer has previously reported, the Iranian football team has been a flashpoint: activists have used World Cup matches to memorialize regime victims, and the team's coach Amir Ghalenoei described the squad as "the most oppressed," drawing counter-attacks from activists highlighting the regime's own suppression of players.
The video could not be independently verified. Mahbi's motivation and the exact date of the incident remain unclear.
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