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Village- A few hours before the start of the twenty-fifth edition of the “Arabian Gulf Cup” football tournament, which will be held this year in IraqSocial media users circulated a video that was said to be of Iraqi star Kazem El Saher arriving in Basra to celebrate the opening ceremony, but the old video was found to have been filmed years ago.
Misinformation about Kazem El Saher’s arrival at Basra airport
And the Tsar, as his fans call him, appeared waving crowds of fans inside what appeared to be an airport, and the editors of the video commented by saying: “News of the arrival of Kazem Al Saher at Basra International Airport.
In the video, Kazem Al-Saher appeared as he entered the airport gate, and several fans rushed to embrace him, while one of them raised the Iraqi flag.
And then he’s taken into a large hall, where he sees dozens of fans cheering him, welcoming him, and the women’s voices are loud.
He sees Kazem returning the greetings and notices the presence of airport policemen wearing blue uniforms with the word “police” written on them.
Auckland Airport in New Zealand
An agency report indicatedAFP extensionThrough the “Arabic News Verification Service”, the video was shot nine years ago in New Zealand.
The clip dates back to 2013
A search of the circulating clip using keywords such as “Kazem El-Saher’s reception at the airport” resulted in a longer version posted in 2013 on YouTube.
According to the accompanying commentary, the video documents the moment Kazem El-Saher arrived at Auckland Airport in New Zealand.
In fact, we read the phrase “Auckland Airport”, which is the name of the airport of the city located in the north of the North Island, New Zealand, and Al-Saher had already organized a party there in 2013.
In a related context, another video circulated, the editors of which claimed that it was about the arrival of “Al-Saher” in Basra to liven up the opening ceremony. However, the video was actually filmed years ago in Tunisia.
In the video, Kazem al-Saher appears moving through what appears to be an airport surrounded by numerous people, journalists and photographers, and the accompanying commentary reads: “The moment Tsar Kazem al-Saher arrived in Basra after an absence of two decades”.
And it has been claimed in other publications that Al-Saher has arrived to revive the opening ceremony.Gulf 25“
It should be mentioned that Iraqi artist “Kazem El-Saher” left Iraq in 1997 and has not attended any concerts there since, and his last visit was in 2011 as part of a campaign by the United Nations Fund for children “UNICEF”.
The tournament, which will be hosted by the city of Basra from 6 to 19 January 2023, was officially opened on Friday in the presence of the Swiss president of the International Football Federation, Gianni Infantino.
Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani said, announcing the start of the competitions: “Today we open the 25th Gulf Championship in the beloved stadiums of Basra. Welcome to the Gulf youth teams, fans and fans to the land of the Iraq.”
The opening ceremony was attended by the presidents of the Qatar Football Federation, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Palestinian Jibril Rajoub, Bahraini Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa, and other sporting personalities from countries in the region.
However, Kazem El-Saher did not participate in the artistic performances of the ceremony, but Iraqi singer “Hussam Al-Rassam” and singer “Rahma Riad” appeared.
