Brave Iranian Footballers!
You probably all know that I am a massive soccer fan! Before a recent World Cup soccer qualifying match, a number of Iranian footballers (including star player Ali Karimi pictured above) showed solidarity with the Iranian protesters by wearing the green colours of the anti-government protesters. Here is the story below:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093916.html
These Iranian footballers are brave men, like the Iranian men and women that have risked their lives to express their dignity, freedom, and fundamental rights against a dictatorship. They have inspired people around the world. If open protests can rock the theocratic, authoritarian Islamic Republic of Iran for days, another, better world is possible. To use the phrase of the French 1968 protesters, "Dream the impossible!" This is what the pro-Mousavi protesters have done.
The Iranians failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup this time. Yet, they have inspired hope and solidarity in a nation longing for freedom. I am an Israeli-Canadian football fan. I strongly salute the Iranian footballers and the Iranian protesters. With their silent, peaceful protests, they have showed dignity, hope, and solidarity to the world. They have taught us all to hate tyranny in all its manifestations. And to "dream the impossible!" Dream it and it will come one day!
Tamir Bar-On
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