Shakhtar president calls for Iran to be banned from the World Cup: “Participation in terrorist attacks in Ukraine”

Shakhtar’s president has issued a statement attacking FIFA and calling for Iran’s ban from the 2022 World Cup.

Sergey Palkin emphasizes the Asian country’s involvement in the bombings taking place in Ukraine by the drones they gave to the Russians.

What he says in detail: “While the Iranian government will enjoy watching their national team compete at the World Cup, children from Ukraine are being killed by Iranian drones and Iranian missiles. About 250 of these drones have already launched attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine.

Each of them was manufactured, supplied, trained and managed by the Iranian authorities, Iranian manufacturers and the military to launch these drones that destroyed homes, museums, universities, offices, sports facilities and playgrounds.

But the most important thing is that they killed Ukrainians. Among the dead were children. Children who dreamed of seeing their national team compete at the World Cup.

Shakhtar is calling on FIFA and the international football community at large to ban the Iran national team from the World Cup over the country’s involvement in terrorist attacks in Ukraine.

The vacant position should be filled by Ukraine, who have proved that they are capable of participating in a World Cup. Despite the uneven conditions, they played their hearts out in the playoffs.

This decision has historical and sporting reasons. I call on everyone to join the pressure on the football bureaucracy. It is enough not to repeat the mistakes of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and hide behind the vacancy for the depoliticization of sport.

Facilitating the participation of terrorists in the World Cup is political. It is time to put an end to such policies.”