IRAN’S opening World Cup match against England today is likely to be overshadowed by a deadly crackdown on women-led protests back home.
The football-obsessed nation of 80 million people is normally united by football but is reeling after two months of nationwide protests since the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody on Sept 16.
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