On Monday, the Iranian national team arrived in Qatar for the upcoming soccer World Cup, which begins on November 20.

In a farewell ceremony before the departure from Tehran, Iran, with national team captain Carlos Queiroz and great players such as goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, visited the president of the Iranian regime, Ebrahim Raisi, at the presidential palace in the capital.

Several accounts on social media criticize the visit and say that those who choose to visit the president are against their own people's fight for freedom and human rights.

Swedish-Iranian Brentford player Saman Ghoddos and team captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh were missing among the players on site.

Big star Ali Daei withdraws from the WC in Qatar

In several places, especially outside Iran, protesters have tried to put pressure on Fifa.

They demand that the Iranian national team be excluded from the WC in Qatar.

In addition, on Monday evening, Iran's all-time leading player, Ali Daei, announced that he had declined to be present during the championship in Qatar.

"To my compatriots - in these days when most of us are not feeling well, I, together with my wife and daughters, have chosen to decline the invitation of Fifa and the Qatari Football Association to participate in the World Cup.

I want to be by your side in my homeland and share the pain that everyone who has lost loved ones right now feels.

Hoping for bright days for Iran and Iranians," he writes on Instagram.

Iran, who play in Group B, open the World Cup against England on November 21 and then face the USA and Wales.