Iran Women’s Team Banned from Asian Games After Defection Fears (irannewswire.org)
from morysal@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 09 May 2026 07:08
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workerONE@lemmy.world on 09 May 2026 08:32 next collapse

Iran barred its team from playing

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip on 09 May 2026 14:10 next collapse

Iran withdrawing is not the same as being banned by the organization. Bad headline

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 09 May 2026 23:09 next collapse

I feel terrible for anyone trapped in this manner. It pisses me off that my dipshit president has just given the hardliners in Iran more power and justification to oppress people.

Tolc@lemmy.world on 10 May 2026 03:18 collapse

Why israel is not banned

jwt@programming.dev on 10 May 2026 07:00 collapse

Because Iran doesn’t have the authority to ban Israel.
(But I guess you haven’t read the article.)