Manager unhappy with searching political questions before make-or-break Wales game
Ben Fisher in DohaThe Iran manager, Carlos Queiroz, confronted a journalist at the end of a media conference after taking umbrage at politics again dominating the discourse in the build-up to Friday’s match with Wales. In an animated exchange, Queiroz suggested his peers should face similar questions, taking the extraordinary step of asking BBC journalist Shaimaa Khalil why England manager Gareth Southgate is spared questions about the war in Afghanistan.
During the press conference, Queiroz reiterated the importance of press freedom but made it clear that he felt it was time for other managers to be asked about wider issues in the world, saying it was “strange” his rivals avoided such questions. Afterwards, he took the BBC journalist to task before being shepherded out of the room. “Why don’t you ask the other coaches?” Queiroz said.
Queiroz was unhappy that Khalil asked Iran striker Mehdi Taremi whether he had a message for those who are protesting against their government after the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September. Iran’s players did not sing their national anthem before their 6-2 defeat to England on Monday in apparent support for protesters.
Taremi said the Iran squad were under no pressure to sing the anthem after suggestions they could face reprisals if they stay silent before kick-off against Wales on Friday and the USA on Tuesday. Taremi later added: “I cannot change anything, thousands of other people like me cannot change anything.”
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