Hard-line Iranian media are blaming the lopsided defeat on the unrest that has gripped the Islamic Republic since the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police.
, including the United States, Britain and Israel, of stirring up protests to throw the national team off its game.
"Iran - 2; England, Israel, Saudi and traitors - 6," read the headline in hard-line daily Kayhan. The newspaper, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran’s rout came after "weeks of unfair and unprecedented psychological warfare against the team ... from domestic and foreign-based traitors." It added that a "political media current" has sought to "damage the spirit of Iran’s team by attacking them.
DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 21: Morteza Pouraliganji and Morteza Pouraliganji looks on prior to national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and IR Iran at Khalifa International Stadium on November 21, 2022 in Doha,Another hard-line daily, Vatanemrooz, reported that protesters in Iran celebrated their country’s humiliating defeat in the streets, bursting into cheers in coffee shops when England scored goals and honking car horns with joy after the game.
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