Iranian man who celebrated country’s defeat by US at World Cup is murdered

An Iranian man was shot dead by security forces after celebrating his country’s elimination from the United States at the World Cup in Qatar, human rights groups said on Wednesday.

Iran was eliminated by the United States in the Qatar tournament on Tuesday (29), drawing mixed reactions from supporters and critics of the Iranian regime.

Mehran Samak, 27, was shot dead after honking his horn in Bandar Anzali, a town on the Caspian Sea coast northwest of Tehran, human rights groups said.

Samak “was deliberately targeted and shot in the head by security forces after the national team’s defeat by the United States,” said the Norwegian group Iran Human Rights (IHR).

The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) also reported that security forces murdered him for celebrating the defeat and released a video of his funeral in Tehran on Wednesday, in which the voices could be heard. people shouting “Death to the dictator!”.

Iran is the scene of protests sparked by the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman arrested three days earlier by police for violating the country’s dress code, which requires the wearing of a headscarf in public.