Iran takes its soccer seriously: kill Iranian who cheered when US won

Mehran Samak, 27, an Iranian man who honked his horn in celebration of the U.S.'s 1 -0 defeat of Iran at World Cup was murdered by local authorities in the city of Bandar Anzali, Oslo-based Iran Human Rights reported.

When Iran's team returned home, the welcome was as cold as a well-digger's butt in February due to their loss to the United States while ongoing anti-government protests were in full swing in Iran, the number one sponsor of global terrorism. But when one man cheered the U.S. victory by a simple horn honk, that was too much for local sharia enforcement to tolerate and they shot the driver dead.

Anti-government protesters, considering the team a symbol of Iran’s clerical rulers, had celebrated the loss in some Iranian cities with fireworks and cheers all while many Iranians protested the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was taken into custody by the ironically-named morality police for not wearing a head covering known as a hijab.

Recently, the family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi had been demolished because she competed in South Korea without wearing a hijab in protest of Amini's murder. OMG! Her hair was showing and it drove Iranian men into a sexual frenzy.

In this latest case, in which even the Iranian soccer team refrained from singing the Islamic Republic's national anthem during the World Cup opening ceremonies, the government will be looking into the situation, although the team did sing the anthem in subsequent matches.

A few dozen fans greeted the national team’s return at Tehran’s international airport late Wednesday, with people cheering and waving the Iranian flag. It was too noisy to ascertain whether they were chanting "Death to America!" "Death to Israel!" but it shouldn't surprise us if they did.

The players have also faced fierce criticism from anti-government protesters who were angry with them for not being more outspoken over security forces violence toward protesters. Human rights groups estimate over 400 protesters have been killed in the crackdown, with thousands more arrested.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has likened protesters to “flies” and dismissed the movement as a foreign plot, without offering any proof, much like the mainstream legacy media and the women of "The View."

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