The World Cup controversy around Iran’s flag, explained
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- By Coleman Lowndes
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I'm a Muslim, but the Iranian government does not deserve to use that emblem/name, nor is any other dictator or terrorist
This!!!
THANK YOU
the Muslim World never had a diplomatic relationship with Iran. it has been sour since day 1 of the Islamic government's founding.
Well said
These Rawafid dogs dare to claim to be an Islamic Republic. May Allah guide us to the straight path.
“Only meant to last 24 hours”
I literally laughed at that.
Limited edition solidarity
Performative activism in a nutshell
like pride month lol
FIFA made them change it
"The show of solidarity was only meant to last 24 hours"
💀
Limited edition DLC solidarity on discount
@@McAizen_McSosukePre-order to get 1 hour of bonus solidarity.
As opposed to a war?
Translation: money spoke
ایران یک کشور زیباست که توسط رسانه های خارجی سانسور شده اسمش رو میگزارم زیبایی پنهان برای پی بردن به واقعیت ایران فقط کافیست به ایران سفر کنی تا بفهمی
As an Iranian, feel free to offend our nations government as much as anyone wants... Yall got a free pass and use it whilst you can 😂
Trust me mate, we don’t need ur permission 😂 far from it
What would you replace the Iranian government with? A true Islamic republic that follows the Shariah or a secular government?
@@SM1LE2006 neither, specialy not a religious group of any kind
@@clubsport_46330The thing the west only has is money and it has nothing to do with night clubs feminism and two men in bed. I respect the Iranian military for being based in stopping you. People don’t know better.
@@clubsport_46330 why not religious? Do you not value Islam?
When I was little, I always thought the emblem was an onion
@@YBehri i didnt know a negative-positive pattern existed
@@YBehri touched a nerve there didn't I 🤣
@@ramr7051 "ehehehe touched a nerve didn't I🤓🤓🤓"
@@YBehri as someone who actually graduated from Uni with a degree on Psychology and Conductual Behaviour, you are not giving "free psychological help", you are ruining harmless fun by being over sensitive which is not healthy. If anyone here needs psychological help, that is you.
@@YBehri Jumping to conclusions you have no proof of is a clear example of defensive behaviour after not being able to think of a convincing argument. And I don't know if you are familiarized with the word "Joking", but the comment "Allah Is an Onion" is a clear example of a joke since it doesn't seem to be meant seriously, and no, the point of a joke is to make others laugh, not to seek attention for one self. Also, your level of English doesn't seem to be too high, so I heavily doubt you can even be capacitated to give "free psychological help".
We understand you are from the Islamic religion, but you must learn to laugh at harmless things such as jokes that are clearly not meant to be taken seriously. Taking everything so seriously and personal or as a direct attack to certain groups of people is a good example of an over sensitive person, commonly seen on the internet more than in real life funnily enough. And yes, that requires psychological attention.
Am proud for the Iranian people for standing up for their blinded government
Do you mean "against" instead of "for"?
Bro can't speak English & speak on behalf of us
What does it say about your government if it make an official statement that they were offended by a tweet
what does it say about you if your nation is disgraced. I'm not iranian btw
It says that your government is extremely fragile.
You mean like January 6th? Pretty sure calling for a violent toppling of the government is called sedition
@@koiuyp2466 If you think a tweet=disgrace of a nation you have a very weak nation.
@@koiuyp2466 I mean, I world stop disgracing it and dismantle my theocracy lol.
Its sad how cowardly all those proud Nations crumble und Front of big Boss Ma-FIFA
It's not the Nations it's the nation's football council that have to respect FIFA rules since through FIFA matches and tournaments is how they make most of their money.
not nations remeber money is king. business as usual
funny how their trickots was made by underpaid slaves but that doesn't matter as much as muh lgbt royghts!!!!
"Only meant to last 24 hours"
'Umerica ☕
'Murica*
I'm cracking up bc i was just thinking "Ummmmmm" and ending it with "erica" Ummerica is exactly how I feel
I’ll take some coffee too.
average guy of sovient union that hates usa
@@BllueAuf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
Und das heißt
Erika
The lion was way cooler to be fair
So childish I bet you’re 12
@@Khattab511oh come on, it's a joke
And the lion was cooler
Yes, but the meaning behind it sure ain't.
@@IdekPhoenix Nither the Islamic emblem either, so I’m going to go with the cooler one
@@enriqueperezarce5485 the lion is generic and uninspired. It holds no meaning capable or worthy to represent the nation. The current emblem is perfect.
FREE IRAN
Free USA and free EU !!!
Free Iran… from what? Iranians chose this in 1979. They’ve had decades to involve themselves to mold Iran into a society they would be proud of. But complacency. They have to do this for themselves. Afghanistan taught the West that imposed solutions are unwanted and unappreciated.
free America
FREE IRAN
@@CarFreeSegnitz they did not choose to have the country ran by a theocratic leader. Ayatollah consolidated power and lied about intentions. Also this isn’t the first time Iranians have protested or lashed out. You tried to act intelligent but you showed how little you knew about the topic buddy 😊
The Iranian people and football team are incredibly incredibly brave. Can't believe I had already forgotten some of these incredibly brave acts from 2022.
Iran trying to be political by getting the US kicked out the World Cup is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. They even tried to dictate how many games the ban should last 😂😂😂 what a joke
It’s not real Iran it’s the dictatorship currently being overthrown
All real Iran is against Iran
They have refused to play the Iran national anthem as the World Cup too dispite complaints from fellow oil leader Qatar both are evil
Sometimes dictators forget they have no power outside their regime
@@seankrake4776 tell that to the thousands who were arrested for protesting in Qater upon their return to Iran
@@KCJbomberFTW
They were arrested IN IRAN though. If they'd stayed in Qatar nothing would have happened to them.
(Not saying the Iranian protesters should have to stay in Qatar, just that Iran's dictatorship could not arrest the protesters while they were in Qatar.)
@@SurprisinglyDeep you can’t just stay in Qatar you don’t have a visa you’re just there for the games they’d deport you
That lion actually looked cooler and better.
islam says animals and humans should not be a part of art. hence they destroyed so many temple and carvings here in india. then made their buildings with floral motifs
@@yashaswinikrishnan1878 Such a bad thing man. Some religious people really need to accept their faults and change it.. Sad to see how many incredible Pieces of art has been destroyed by them...
@@TheAstroG true.
@@TheAstroGIndeed Muslims should as not only they went against their religion, they broke human rights which can't be forgiven by Allah himself
@@TheAstroGt’s extremists who do that. Certain countries like Indonesia, a Muslim majority, with a Muslim presidents, have statues and ancient Buddhist temples that are still intact). It’s best not to generalize an entire group by just the actions of the few.
Alternate title: Iran Can't Handle Criticism So It Bars Anything that Hurts Its Feelings
Wow, Based Iran standing to principle. And not being a Dickson Cuckholdton
@@zakback9937 what princeable?
Torturing and r..ping its protestor?
@@fbyi2940 ah yes must your principles like the west and Russia
@@zakback9937 people like you always blame the west LOL
@@rauljosemenendez8083 people like you always blame Islam instead of the west LOL.
it's pretty cool that the players protested too
Yup, protesting by losing 6-2
As an Iranian I hope this religion dictator regime destroy soon💔
At same time when people from all over the world are happy now, our young brothers and sisters are being killed by the government and police
Are you talking about US, because it fits the description like no other
@@Peacecraft117 I am taking about the government of Iran.
We do not have any problems with USA.
@@ALIREZARBZ USA just wants your oil and your strategic position in middle east by controlling oil routes to china. You should better know because they promised same to Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, vietnam, look at these countries now. Are they better then iran ? At least you have economic stability and unified government. Just think about it
@@Peacecraft117
This was an idiotic response. We have our problems here in the US but we are not a theocracy.
This is why I'm a athiest and kinda getting into anti religion tbh
As an Iranian we hate our Regime I.R.IRAN is not IRAN
So u want usa or west to rule iran again ?
@Ikeladiam there are other options before that. Not that the CIA won't try to make sure things go their way, but it is possible for a truly domestic regime change.
As an Iranian, I say that I love Iran and I love the government of Iran
The 21st century the only point in time where wars can happen over an app
in the 1960s el salvador and nicaragua went to war because of football and bananas
oversimplified made a video about it
@@generaldelasmontanas2699that’s nothing; Australian went to war against emus. And lost
@@CarbonatedCondensation ecuador went to war against goats and won
@@generaldelasmontanas2699 at least they won
But hey, we all know Cyberwar are thing, before then it's speak war (cold war)
It's not farfetched
Irans governments doesn't deserve to be called an Islamic Republic, Islam doesn't support these actions and condemns them, may Allah help all those hurt or killed by Iran for this.
Well, it depends on interpretation
@@Remake5182 no it doesn't, God prohibits forcing people to join Islam, it has to be of thier free will, and God prohibits attacking someone because of their beliefs.
@@proffesionalcodingidiot6142but that stuff still happens across the world. U can't just dismiss it and say "but that's not real islam". The ground reality is that many muslims, wether u consider them to be true muslims or not are carrying out such actions in the name of islam. By dismissing these incidents by saying " Oh that's not real islam" U are not engaging in self reflection on certain things that may be harmful in islam and are adding to the problem.
@@shimo_samahave you ever heard about LRA?
@@shimo_sama people like you make me believe how your only problem is with islam and that's why you don't want Iran to get stronger.
Ever since 2010, everyone thinks their a political science major.
Americans got their political thinking skills after September,11th,2001 (if you know what I mean)
They’re
And you think you know English well.
@@evilnet1 I also get annoyed when people get they "their, they're, there," mixed up, but I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. It's totally possible that not everyone you see on the internet is a native English speaker.
Dunning-Kruger
Thank you Vox but this is not enough !
Shut up you don’t even understand what this videos about because they didn’t split Iran and “Iran the failed state”
???
BRO YALL NEED TO LEARN HISTORY, LOOK AT IRAQ HOW CAN YOU BE SO IGNORANT ITS YOUR NEIGHBOR AND HAS ALMOST THE SAME NAME AS YOUR COUNTRY AND YET YOU FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM
@@rabbaniazzahra1784 we don't want military "help" like they say Iraq did we just need our officials fired from abroad embassies and sanctioned so they can't spend people's money on guns. that is literally all we ask for and bob from kansas keeps telling us about our Iraqi brothers and how they got fked over by the US over a false consent to basically raid they country
@@baharmanavi9880 sanctioning would make the people suffer more due to economic blockades, like isnt the point making the people not suffer?
The drama around the world cup is honestly more entertaining than the world cup itself.
“[…] solidarity was only meant to last 24 hours”
I fully support these protests, but everyone else is so hypocritical. Where’s all the “politics has no place in sports” now?
Free Iran.
👍. True, many white people hated it when athletes complained about police brutality happening in their communities.
I find this ok because it's against an actual authoritarian regime.
@@ebonywilliams203Assuming US cops wanting to be judge jury and executioner is not inherently authoritarian
@federalreservejewWords Mean Things
My personal motto is to treat people who claim that you shouldn't mix sport and politics exactly like I treat people who wear sunglasses indoors.
i hope iranians will get their country back from barbarians one day
i hope americans will get their country back from barbarians one day
@@TheBobVovaso are you supporting the regime of Iran?
@@Kasra81527 so are you supporting the regime of the US?
@@TheBobVova no i hate both Iran and USA regime
@@Kasra81527 Let the Iranians decide their country's fate.
I hope this terrible government gets tsken down and the ones in charge get to rott in jail for the rest of their lives
i hope you feel good about yourself when you avenge 1 women for thousands more and their children, idk if that profile pick is yours, but hundreds of iranian kids who looks similar like that kid in the picture could be homeless, parentless and foodless
just because we never learn history
well 1 thing is for certain, they all want the old regime back thats for sure
@@rabbaniazzahra1784 dude whats your point? And my pfp is an old picure of my friends. But i really dont get it, "people are temporarily gonna be hungry so iranians should keep getting opressed and not revolt" is that what youre saying, im genuinely confused
@@dariugrinov9472 he's probably pro eastern or isn't educated enough to talk about it. Much love to the Iranian people from Italy🇮🇹♥️🇮🇷☮️
yeah, the Iran government deserves it
And the collaborators of the regime made an example of...behind bars
Thank you so much for these shorts Vox 🙏🏼
The kid at the end looking like 'you're gonna get me killed' 😂😂😂
I love the lion emblem
to complicated to massproduce
@@rabbaniazzahra1784there’s actually a simpler one that was mass produced back in the 70s. The one he showed is the one they put in government buildings and was made of a more rug like material. They did mass produce them so obviously it wasn’t too complicated.
US - We are concerned about womens right in Iran
Iran - Great, "what a women is?"
US - 🤐
Iran has no woman rights
@@BrazilianDanielFeraGames DON'T LIE
US - Anyone can be a woman. 😂
They are just mad they got beat by a country that calls it soccer
Haha, if they wanted to kick the USA out they should have won against them in the group stages!
So most English speaking countries?
@T€RB australia
@T€RB Australia does, New Zealand does and i can list more countries. The US isnt the only one.
@trb3230 there's a reason why they stopped using it
Should’ve put an onion there instead, they wouldn’t notice the difference 😂
You are an onion 🧅 😂
I’m sure Iran would use anything as an excuse to get the US kicked out 😂
But then why didn't Iran beat the USA!? That would have been the best way to kick the US out of the World Cup 😂
america also has 300 million more people than us as Lol 😂
americans are a joke@@user-yc3fw6vq5n
Also, how did it feel to loose to Senegal 4-1, a country with 12 million people while america has 340 million people.@@user-yc3fw6vq5n
@@James-zi5en Well, I'm not too bad because England won against Senegal and we pronounce football correctly. The reason why America doesn't do well is because they call football soccer. Also, professional training in football in the US has for a long time been unaccessible to lower income groups. I think Iran takes the institution of football more seriously, good on Iran for that!
@@user-yc3fw6vq5nthat’s why we copied “football” for another sport, so it looks like we’re actually good at the game.
We are iranian and muslim and we support our suprem leader.
speak for yourself not all Iranians
“The show of solidarity was only meant to last 24 hours”
Which just means “we are too spineless to support protestors but we’re also too cowardly to admit that”
As an American who’s family it’s part “Iranian” I think this was appropriate and I’m glad my country is standing up to Iran.
the US isn't standing up to Iran, it's standing up to the IR. Big difference
Are baw
Don't claim "iranian" when you clearly go against the majority iranian Position. You're american.
@@Zaid-vs2zz yeah I just said that I’m an American of Iranian heritage.
@@Zaid-vs2zz the majority of the Iranian people support the protests or are at least sympathetic. Unless by “majority position” you mean the government
fascinating how the whole world muslim Christian or else is United on this one thing choice
i mean it's not only that, they also are united against LGBT
@@Pfyzer nah that divides them the West is for africa and the Muslim World against and Asia neutral
@@Pfyzer Er..no
@@Pfyzer so what
@@musahussain1693 sO whAt
I'm proud that l'm a Muslim and Iranian girl🇮🇷🇮🇷
Free
Iran ✊
Yes that freedom and democracy has improved Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria so well with millions dead
@@ezekiel6795 or like portugal? or south korea? or spain?
@@kxi529with the cost of being the lap dog of the west
@@nabisuke how are those countries lap dogs exactly? they're economically prosperous, can take care of their citizens properly, and are independent in structure.
@@ezekiel6795 bro that was the usa's fault. Is the op talking about the US freeing iran? No he just wants iran to be freed
"The show for solitary was only meant to last 24 hours" is such a banger line
What?
That's true feminism right there.
The Iranian people hate their government. We stand with the people.
are you iranian?, or did you just meet alot of ppl that are iranian-american whom may i state probably never been to iran or theyre parents fled to US because of the revolution so are naturaly hatefull of the goverment
so its either you are, or you meet alot of ppl that are from iran and live there for a good amount of time, or your just speaking what you want with out proper evidence
@@rabbaniazzahra1784بی ناموس تو ایرانی هستی ؟
“I support you, for 24 hours. Then it’s back to business buddy”
Mehsa Amini was not Iranian, he was a scheming Kurd
Does it matter though, women in Iran still deserves more rights
Every Iranian that is born in any region in Iran, is Iranian.
As a truthful person, I can testify that Iranians did infact sing their anthem in the match against the USA
nice to see good people online
🇨🇦❤ Those brave citizen's in Iran demanding freedoms they very much deserve! Hoping and praying for the failure of the oppressive Iranian regime!
L
@@iac92 how many sandises did you get? Is it a lifetime supply?
its funny how persoids didnt protest when your gov sended millions of money to Syrian war while millions of yall were starving but rage so hard over a piece of clothing
People when they see antisemitism: 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
People when they see Islamophobia: 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
criticizing ideologies is bad?
yes based anti theocrats
Not islamaphobia
Exactly
hipocrecy everywhere.
as an iranian in iran
they did a good thing
and its better now that they have lost
im kinda happy
منم
L persoids
Staying silent during the national anthem was against England and not Wales
I’ve been thinking it was an hot air balloon this whole time I was like Iranians must love hot air balloons 😂😂
As an Iranian, I say that that's not true
Free Iran. Like they freed Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Egypt etc. They are so happy now. Vietnam is a different case. 😂
Iran is way different from those countries you mentioned. no body supports us. we stand on our own to beat the religion because it's the main key to break the wall of islamic republic
I'm glad they did the editing
I'm a Pakistani Muslim but Irani regime is actually ruthless dictator ship
Iran is Islamic republic and in islam its order that women wear hijab,iran govt working according to islam
There goes my faith in humanity 😢
As an Iranian woman,I am proud of 🇮🇷 🇮🇷 🇮🇷 🇮🇷.
I understand that unjust killing of the 22 year old in Iran, and I protest against it with all my will. But where is these protest when France is putting a ban on *abaya*. Muslims Women in france are not forced to wear the pardah, they wear it willfully. Then what is your problem?!
Well do they truly wear it willingly if all their life they were told they have to wear it?
Support Iranians for freedom.
May Ahura Mazda be with Iranians 🙏
Free Iran ❤🤍💚
Give freedom to iran to chose what ever ideology they want
From what ?
Government@@controversialguy
Om Shanti to all those who died in the protest 🙏
i just think women should make the choice to wear what they want. i dont like the authoritarian rregime in Iran
That’s not what this was about.
Like in America!! No thnx :)
Personally i think the Iran national team should be banned from playing in the next world cup since they are aiding Hamas. Why not? Russia is disqualified? C'mon FIFA, you can't pick and choose your battles.
the us should be banned from Playing then cuz they support israel
It's shows neither. It really says something if they're so angered at seeing someone even hint at something similar to the issue.
*Angry Ayatollah noises
Keep the original US- do not back down!
They already returned it to the original. The emblem was put back.
Hearing the horrible dictatorship stories from when we had one here, i truly hope things get better in iran.
Down with the regime!
Anybody or any country that treats a religion aggressively to the point it feels like a cult, deserves to be ridiculed.
Why?
Bro, democracy is great bro, please believe me.
*Taliban laughing in kicking out the global superpower*
*China laughing in reversing the century of humiliation*
*Saudi Arabia laughing in piles of Western money*
real
"It was meant to last 24 hours". Nobody cares about us Iranians.
Love the days where football wasn't about politics
As an iranian we hate our government and dictator we want a free country and peace Also most of iranians are born muslim but dont care about islam we would be better without it
Born Shia. Not always muslim. Many shia are never muslim to begin with
Just like you ignored Allah and his words in this world you will be ignored by Allah on the day of judgement
Born Shia* not Muslim since shias lift up ahlul bait to the level of god and that's shirk
The moment in which the iranian players were supposed to sing the anthem and did not was probably one of the biggest moment in a World Cup, knowing what would have happened to their families back home. Extremely powerful images
What would've happened to their families?
@@Nataliatg89PW they live in Iran and protested against the regime. Just imagine (in fact they sang the anthem in the third match as they received threats)
As an iranian i don’t want the American support.
America never supports a country unless it benefits them.
So stay away please. We don’t need your help.
Look at what happened to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and many more countries that America “helped”
Get rid of islam
It's a waste of our tax dollars.
you don't stand for all iranians
You don't speak for all of us unlike those countries iranians would potentially help America overthrow the regime which would result in not many lives being lost
@@infinitechumbucketthat also happened in iraq besides they literally put the satellite shah there to get all the oil and that shah is the reason your your current government
That woman is doing the right protest, not covering the head. I wouldn't say I like Iran's supporters in football, but I expect that this regime will fall and they can evolve without mandatory religion.
we all want human freedom whats the problem with her covering head or not can u explain
@@Adam-bc2ov He hates Islam. That's really all there is to it.
I'm really surprised (though happy) the team itself protested.
Those people have the right idea, return to empire. 🗿
Israel started it but IRAN will end it.
He is coming...
🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
اللهم صل علی محمد و آل محمد و عجل الفرجهم
🤖
Both Israel and Iran are terrible
Man, an lion holding a sowrd goes kinda hard
Flags of the Iran is this:🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
i dont think politics should be involved to sports
Freedom for Iran.
Yeah be careful. Us is already loading 100 tonns of freedom on B-52,s
@@Cyborg_Lenin
Who are you guys who are loading 100 tonns?
@@suavecito3752 us airforce.
@@Cyborg_Lenin
Good 👍
@@Cyborg_Lenin but the protesters didn't attack USD reservation, so US is watching from home
Shia are not MUSLIM .
have people forgotten the horrors of the shah?
Nope, He did force people to be non-religious. But again forcing people to be religious is about the same cruelness. Most of the opposition would support Mossadeq more (a secular democratic islamic majority government)
@@JimmyM1975 Mossadegh was unjustly killed by the CIA
Forever wearing my burka
This is freedom.
Ur body ur choice 😁
Coz u r pakistani
I didn't know solidarity had a time limit
As a Iranian I can say Iran is a bit gone to far Ngl I don’t support it
Aside of politics, Iran does have a beautiful culture and tradition I quiet enjoy learning. Btw Persian steamed rice is pretty delicious
Sounds like a W usa moment going against the regime like that
Dude how dare you that regime means Allah. Even tho I hate Iran but this is bad how would u like if a Muslim country did that to ur religion.
L german
bruh no that is justified, they removed the symbol that meant "allah", do you know how tf important that is in iran?
Yeah
The US showing solidarity for a problem they created is ironic
fr lol
As Muslim i say that Iran government and leader never rule like Islamic country
U r wrong
@@sryaduvanshi8808im form iran man what are u talking about
I can totally imagine iranian conservatives argueing that they are disrespecting their county with their refusal to sing the National anthem , somewhat similar to what happens in the United States
RIP mahsa amini
another comment
rip bozo
Full support to Iran protest !!be a human first
No.
Solidarity doesn't have an expiration date.
Long live Islamic republic of Iran ❤️🇮🇷❤️
Troll
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No I love Iran
Ah yes the religion of peace
Ironically Iran was the first country to have diplomatic relations with Israel
Way before Ayatollah Khomenei takeover
Well yeah the Hamas organization is in Iran spider web of terrorist groups