Shakira voices support for Iranian footballer on death row: ‘The World Cup can’t be more important’

Shakira made a call that surprised the football worldhours before the start of the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, echoing an Argentinian influencer who questions the attitude of sports fair players, managers and fans towards the Iranian footballer sentenced to death by the regime of this nation.

Amir Nasr-Azadani chained to death in Iran

Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, faces the death penalty for supporting protests for women’s rights in Iran. A complaint that was filed by the world union of professional footballers (Fifpro). Despite the gravity of the fact, few members of the world football family have made reference to the matter. One of the few who have dared is the Colombian Radamel Falcao García, who described as “unacceptable” what happened to his partner Nasr-Azadani.

The origin of support for Amir Nasr-Azadani

Argentinian actor Rodrigo Rumi, through his TikTok account, issued a strong question to the football world for his silence in the case of the Iran national team player.

“Something terrible is happening in the world of football and no one is saying anything. Those players who might stop on the pitch, wear a badge, wear a shirt or not play the game straight, for that kid they are getting ready to kill, murder, hang. This is Amir, he is 26 years old, he is a colleague of all the players who have played and will continue to play in the World Cup final. They are going to hang him for having protested in Iran in favor of women. FIFA, AFA, can’t they comment?“, he agreed in his video.

He also said he was sorry that humans come together to celebrate “kinda silly things like the World Cup, but not to ask for things like that, literally, animal things, even animals aren’t as cattle,” he concluded.

Shakira’s reaction

The message reached singer Sahkira, who without hesitation reproduced it with the following text from their social networks: I also think like you. The World Cup, Christmas cannot be more important than human life, women’s rights and those voices that others want to silence by force. Let’s talk about what’s really important or shout together, as long as we have a voice”.

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