Pro-opposition Iran football players forced to retire | Breaking Tweets

Pro-opposition Iran football players forced to retire

Posted by Maria Khan on 6/23/09 • Categorized as Elections, Mideast

Per Haaretz.com, four players from Iran’s national football team were forced to retire after they wore green armbands in support of opposition leader Mir Houssein Mousavi.

The protests were held on-field in Seoul by Captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Karimi and two others, per  Haaretz.com.

Twitterers drawn into further protests:

  1. Silvia Bauer
    silviabauer RT from Iran: Soccer players who wore green bands have been ordered not to give interviews and their passports confiscated #IranElection 23 Jun 2009 from web
  2. nv
    nonvivant @kvillegas So I know dick about soccer. What’s the chance FIFA does something about Iran “retiring” green-wearing players? 23 Jun 2009 from web
  3. Tino Nazari
    rashty_mojahed I guess you can’t dis your government and still play soccer in Iran: http://tinyurl.com/nma6xt 23 Jun 2009 from web
  4. Henry Overos
    HenryOveros Iran ruined the careers of those soccer players because they wore green wristbands… fight that totalitarianism #iranelection 23 Jun 2009 from web
  5. Ulrich Blankenhorn
    cubalibre06 RT from Iran. #Soccer for freedom players will play again when iran gov has been forced to step down. They will also be heros like #Neda 23 Jun 2009 from web
  6. Dputamadre
    Dputamadre RT IranT Iran soccer players who wore green bands in Korea to “retire”. Other players may quit reports AP: http://bit.ly/1hv8R #iranelection 23 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
  7. IranWitness
    IranWitness Oh Come on Iran you “retire” your soccer players for wearing green wrist bands? So harsh! #Iran Election 24 Jun 2009 from web
  8. Frank Martin
    BookSpirit Ridiculous.Iran bans soccer players into “retirement” http://bit.ly/4FXqy @oxfordgirl #iranelection @cnnbrk @FreeIran88 @cnnireport 24 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
  9. Kijikun
    Kijikun RT@Alyssa_Milano:RT@BJMendelson:Iran soccer players supporting the revolution are banned forlife:http://tinyurl.com/lo33lu IRAN 24 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
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  • Bob Woolf
    Why are you so irresponsibly showing REAL twitter ID and account along with anti-Iranian-State comments on open web? Don't you realize that they can be traced by Iran State police and if in country, arrested, tortured and killed? Just how irresponsible are you? Is your personal 15 minutes of fame worth risking their lives? I have PERSONALLY tracked 3 of the names about back to the senders just from the info YOU posted here. Please STOP using real Twitter Icons and/or ID and/or user names!
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