If they're being killed for it I kinda understand why...

Ok but what about the money? Asking for a FIFA

>Sadly in the US this guy would probably have been hated and lost any shot at play soccer again for doing this

Not a chance. Soccer fandom isn't like football fandom here, how did Seattle and Portland fans react when they were told to stop with the iron front stuff? You see rainbow stuff all over various MLS subcultures, and a wide support base for just about all human rights causes.

> Voria Ghafouri, a former member of the national football team and once a captain of the Tehran club Esteghlal, has been outspoken in his defence of Iranian Kurds, telling the government on social media to stop killing Kurdish people. He has previously been detained for criticising the former Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif.

> He recently tweeted: “Stop killing Kurdish people!!! Kurds are Iran itself … Killing Kurds is equal to killing Iran. If you are indifferent to the killing of people, you are not an Iranian and you are not even a human being … All tribes are from Iran. Do not kill people!!!”

I don't know jack shit about the situation with Iranian Kurds, but if it's anything like what it sounds, much respect to this man. I just wish that even a dozen players at this World Cup would have 1/10 of the balls that this guy has when it comes to disrespecting oppressive authoritarian regimes.