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Iran is a win away from reaching the #FIFAWorldCup knockout stages for just the second time.

But Iranians are divided over what that would mean. Soccer is a symbol. But what exactly it symbolizes under the Islamic regime is complicated. #USMNT #IranvsUSA
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Protesters, who have seen hundreds killed and more than 18,000 arrested by authorities over the past two months, are demanding the players pick a side and make a statement for the #WorldCup2022 global TV audience, which is expected to reach 5 billion.
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Before their first game, players draped arms over one another’s shoulders but didn't sing the national anthem.

When players sang the anthem before Iran’s 2-0 win over Wales, riot police celebrated even as they engaged in street battles with protesters.
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“We are all opposed to the brutalities carried out on the streets, but the team belongs to all of us, we pay for it with our own money,” said Amir, a banker in Tehran. “They showed their support by not singing the anthem and wearing black wristbands.”
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“Football was inevitably going to be bound up in the politics of it no matter what the (Iranian) team did,” said Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA and author of “A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran.”
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Ramin Rezaeian, who scored one of Iran’s two goals against Wales, tweeted that when he scored he didn’t know “whether to laugh or cry.”

On the pressure Iranian football players are feeling during #WorldCup2022. #FIFAWorldCup #USMNT
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