The Iranian Beach Soccer Federation said in a statement that the national team that yesterday won the

Emirates Intercontinental Beach Soccer cup in Dubai

will be recalled for failing to comply with the rule shared by Iranian and FIFA authorities on avoiding

political moves

in sport.

In support of the ongoing protests against the establishment, sparked 52 days ago by the death of Mahsa Amini under police arrest for

"bad hijab"

, the team did not celebrate his victory and did not sing the official anthem of the Islamic Republic.

After scoring the goal, player

Saeed Piramoun

stopped and

mimicked a haircut with scissors over his head

, a symbolic gesture of the current Iranian protests.

After the game, the Iranians in the Dubai stadium shouted slogans like

"Down with the dictator"

.

Iran yesterday also won the 2022 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Azerbaijan, and the wrestlers also abstained from the national anthem at the time of the victory celebration. 

In another gesture of solidarity for the protests in the world of sport, during a women's football match, the player of the Sepahan team of Isfahan, Fatemeh Adeli, after a goal turned to the public putting one hand over her eyes and the other on the mouth, symbolizing the harsh repression taking place.

Stadiums in Iran are prohibited by

law for women

who also love football and, as

Jafar Panhai

recounts in his feature film

Offside,

many dress up as males to watch matches.

In support of the protests, the former Iranian football star

Ali Karimi intervenes again:

"From this moment, if something happens to any young Iranian, you can be sure that you will not have peace in your thieving offices", he wrote on Instagram where he is. followed by millions of followers. 

Last Sunday in

Parliament

the majority of Iranian deputies asked the judiciary to apply the law of retaliation, "an eye for an eye", against the demonstrators, defined as

"enemies of God".

The parliamentarians also urged judges to "deal firmly with the perpetrators of these crimes and all those who incited the rioters, including some politicians".

15,000 protesters were arrested during the protests for Mahsa Amini, considered the most dangerous for the stability of the regime since 1979.