{"id":138397,"date":"2022-11-25T00:48:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T00:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/irans-queiroz-tells-media-why-dont-you-ask-southgate-about-afghanistan-iranian\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T00:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T00:48:08","slug":"irans-queiroz-tells-media-why-dont-you-ask-southgate-about-afghanistan-iranian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/irans-queiroz-tells-media-why-dont-you-ask-southgate-about-afghanistan-iranian\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Queiroz tells media: ‘Why don’t you ask Southgate about Afghanistan?’ | Iranian"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Iran manager, Carlos Queiroz, confronted a journalist at the end of a media conference after taking umbrage at politics again dominating the discourse in the buildup to Friday’s match with Wales. In an animated exchange Queiroz suggested his peers should face similar questions, taking the extraordinary step of asking the BBC journalist Shaimaa Khalil why the England manager, Gareth Southgate, is spared questions about the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
During the press conference Queiroz reiterated the importance of press freedom but made it clear that he felt it was time for other managers to be asked about wider issues in the world, saying it was \u201cstrange\u201d his rivals avoided such questions. Afterwards he took the BBC journalist to task before being shepherded out of the room. \u201cWhy don’t you ask the other coaches?\u201d Queiroz said. \u201cWhy don’t you ask Southgate: ‘what do you think about England and the United States that left Afghanistan and all the women alone?’\u201d<\/p>\n
Queiroz was unhappy that Khalil asked the Iran striker Mehdi Taremi whether he had a message for those who are protesting against their government after the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September. Iran’s players did not sing their national anthem before their 6-2 defeat to England on Monday in apparent support for protesters.<\/p>\n