AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Iranian Football Premier League resumed its 118-day closing due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, with a match between the teams of "Foolad Khuzestan" and "Esteghlal Tehran" in Ahvaz.
At the beginning of the match, which was supposed to be accompanied by health protocols, the players of the Foolad Khuzestan chose an interesting way to distance themselves when taking a team photo.
As they took the photo, they knelt down to protest the killing of black Americans, protesting against racism in the United States.
The match between Foolad and Esteghlal ended in a 2-1 with victory for the host team, and the Foolad reached the teams on the top of the group.
It is worth noting that after the tragic death of "George Floyd" due to the pressure of a police officer's knee on his neck, "kneeling" has become a symbolic move to protest racism.
Even in some US cities, US police forces take a knees with protesters to show their sympathy for the condemnation of racism.
American protesters take a knee and show placards with the slogan "Black Lives Matter"
Kneeling American football team players to condemn racism and killing blacks
Kneeling and eight minutes and 46 seconds silence of "Nancy Pelosi," the speaker of the US House of Representatives, along with Democratic members of Congress, in commemoration of George Floyd
Kneeling US police and military forces in support of the anti-racism campaign in the United States
Kneeling referees and players at the start of the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Sheffield United in protest of the racist actions of the US police and the killing of blacks
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