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Iranian players hold schoolbags in protest over slain girls

BELEK, Turkey, March 27 - Iran’s men's national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday, in what a team official said was a protest over the…

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The Straits TimesMar 27, 2026, 2:02 PM

Iranian players hold schoolbags in protest over slain girls

BELEK, Turkey, March 27 - Iran’s men's national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday, in what a team official said was a protest over the killing of schoolgirls on the first day of the Iran war.

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