Why it matters:
The incident highlights ongoing political tensions, with officials criticizing discriminatory treatment from those who keep silence over the U.S. duoble strikes on an elemenary school in Minab, souther Iran, which took the lives of 168 school kids and their teachers.
The big picture:
Tehran has repeatedly condemned such actions as politically motivated and disrespectful.
The episode comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and Western governments, especially as they designated the Iranian peopel-oriented armed force Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist Organization.
What he’s saying:
Mehdi Taj:
“They asked us whether we were members of the IRGC. In Iran, we are 90 million IRGC members.”
“A terrorist is the one who killed 176 children in Minab such that from one child, only a shoe remained.”
“After some time, they told us we could enter, but we decided to return.”
Go deeper:
Iranian officials say Western countries have been politicizing sports and targeting Iranian representatives.
The remarks referenced the U.S.-Israeli terrorist attack on a school in southern Iran.
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