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FIFA Under Pressure From Ukraine To Ban Iran

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November 1, 2022

FIFA Under Pressure From Ukraine To Ban Iran A once unifying platform for a lot of reasons owing to FIFA and their machinations, has seen itself take on a rather political angle recent as a result of behind the scenes interplay in political matters. This of course has resulted in Ukraine pressurizing the footballing body to ban and disqualify Iran from the upcoming Qatar World Cup. The Ukrainian FA has urged FIFA to forbid Iran from competing in the Qatar-hosted World Cup in 2022. This information was made public in a statement issued on Monday by the Ukrainian FA executive committee. Later this month, the FIFA World Cup 2022 will begin in Qatar. Iran is charged of giving Russia weaponry to aid in their continuing invasion of Ukraine. The nation of Western Asia is also charged with violating FIFA's rules on human rights and the elimination of prejudice, articles 3 and 4. “Taking into account the media information about the systemic manifestations of human rights violations in Iran which could violate the principles and norms of the FIFA charter. “Taking into account the UN security council resolution 22.31 regarding the imposition of sanctions on Iran and the alleged involvement of Iran in the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, we appeal to FIFA with a proposal to consider excluding the Iranian national team from the 2022 FIFA World Cup,” the statement from the Ukrainian FA read. This request comes only days after Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin demanded that Iran be replaced by Ukraine in this year's tournament in place of Iran. The Russian military used "kamikaze" drones built in Iran to attack the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv earlier in September. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that seven of these drones had been shot down, but the United States of America alleged that Iran had stationed military personnel on the Crimean peninsula that Russia has annexed. Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February of this year with more casualties recorded every day in the war. Of course, many countries who did not qualify for the World Cup would obviously eye such privileges should FIFA consider it as an option to disqualify Iran from the tournament, but in the future, this could result in deadly consequences should the football body bend the knee to Ukraine. Merit would be eliminated from the game to focus on sentiments, and when sentiments get into the game, then fair play wouldn’t mean any much. That said, FIFA may as well hand over the trophy to Ukraine and save the football league season from being disrupted.

A once unifying platform for a lot of reasons owing to FIFA and their machinations, has seen itself take on a rather political angle recent as a result of behind the scenes interplay in political matters. This of course has resulted in Ukraine pressurizing the footballing body to ban and disqualify Iran from the upcoming Qatar World Cup.

The Ukrainian FA has urged FIFA to forbid Iran from competing in the Qatar-hosted World Cup in 2022.

This information was made public in a statement issued on Monday by the Ukrainian FA executive committee. Later this month, the FIFA World Cup 2022 will begin in Qatar.

Iran is charged of giving Russia weaponry to aid in their continuing invasion of Ukraine.

The nation of Western Asia is also charged with violating FIFA’s rules on human rights and the elimination of prejudice, articles 3 and 4.

“Taking into account the media information about the systemic manifestations of human rights violations in Iran which could violate the principles and norms of the FIFA charter.

“Taking into account the UN security council resolution 22.31 regarding the imposition of sanctions on Iran and the alleged involvement of Iran in the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, we appeal to FIFA with a proposal to consider excluding the Iranian national team from the 2022 FIFA World Cup,” the statement from the Ukrainian FA read.

This request comes only days after Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin demanded that Iran be replaced by Ukraine in this year’s tournament in place of Iran.

The Russian military used “kamikaze” drones built in Iran to attack the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv earlier in September.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that seven of these drones had been shot down, but the United States of America alleged that Iran had stationed military personnel on the Crimean peninsula that Russia has annexed.

Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February of this year with more casualties recorded every day in the war.

Of course, many countries who did not qualify for the World Cup would obviously eye such privileges should FIFA consider it as an option to disqualify Iran from the tournament, but in the future, this could result in deadly consequences should the football body bend the knee to Ukraine.

Merit would be eliminated from the game to focus on sentiments, and when sentiments get into the game, then fair play wouldn’t mean any much. That said, FIFA may as well hand over the trophy to Ukraine and save the football league season from being disrupted.