Shakhtar Donetsk urgent FIFA cancel participation Iran from World Cup 2022 next month, when allegations emerge that the Middle Eastern country is helping Russia invade Ukraine.
This was stated directly by the managing director of Shakhtar, Sergei Palkin. According to him, give the Iranian share to the World Cup Ukraine it’s a right decision.
“While the Iranian leader enjoyed watching his team play at the World Cup, the Ukrainian people were killed by missiles and drones sent from Iran,” Palkin said in a statement on social media, quoted by the Daily Mail.
“Nearly 250 drones have attacked peaceful Ukrainian cities, manufactured and shipped from Iran. The Iranian military directly trains and manages drone launches that damage homes, museums, universities, offices, sports centers, playgrounds for children and, worse still, killing the Ukrainian people, including children who dream of seeing their national team play at the World Cup. “
“Shakhtar calls on FIFA and the entire football community to ban Iran from participating in the World Cup for its direct involvement in the attack on Ukraine.”
“This will be a fair decision that should draw worldwide attention to the regime that killed its best men and helped kill the Ukrainian people. The empty seat should be given to Ukraine which has proven itself worthy of participation. at the World Cup, “Palkin explained.
ESPN reported that FIFA has not yet responded to this, but throughout history, the world’s highest football authority has not had a firm line to sanction a country for its government’s military actions.
Russia is currently banned, as is Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, but not the United States which invaded Iraq in the early 2000s. Also, if Iran is banned, other Asian countries should replace it. , not the European countries.
Last week, the US government said it had evidence that Iranian forces were directly involved in supporting Russian drone strikes against Ukraine, which also targeted civilians.
The Ukrainian government also claimed that Russia was using Iranian drones. Both Russia and Iran deny that the drone is Iranian.
(adp / mrp)
