During the protests against presidential election results in Tehran, something amazing happened. Some if the football players of Iranian National football team have carried Green Ribbons on their wrists during the first half the Iran-South Korea football match.
Since green is the official campaigning color of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his fans. This has encouraged the followers of Mousavi at that moment, since the state media has boycotted the Mousavi's fans rallies in Iran and they were not broadcasting them in anyway, or they broadcasting the demonstrations calling the demonstrators as hooligans being conducted from abroad!!
Today i read that two of those (totally5 or 6) players have resigned from playing in national football team including the captain Mehdi Mahdavikia who plays now in Eintracht Frankfurt, and Ali Karimi Ex Bayern Munich player. Also Javad Nekunam the reserve captain currently under contract with Spanish team Osasona has not comeback to Iran leaving the south Korea directly to Spain. There are near to fact rumors that the aforesaid player who were carrying the ribbons are under extreme pressure to resign from the National Football team.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban
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