Amidst Hijab Protests, Twitter Users Bash FIFA Body For Releasing Video With An Iranian Fan In Hijab
The backlash is justified!
Iran is witnessing a lot of turmoil since the death of Mahsa Amini. The Anti-Hijab protests by the Iranian citizens made headlines and the world saw how the authorities tried to suppress the voice of their people. After continuous efforts by women to get the freedom of dressing up however they want to, a recent video by the FIFA World Cup has clearly hurt their feelings by promoting something very much against of what they are striving for. In the video, a woman fan in a hijab can be seen and Twitterati has shown strong disapproval of it.
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Get aboard the hype train! 💥#FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/wPn6GppyiT
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 21, 2022
Iran is going to play against England in the opening match of the World Cup 2022. And a video was released on the official Twitter handle of the FIFA World Cup, where a woman can be seen wearing a hijab, and her face was painted with the country’s flag colours, and Iran was also written on it.
The video received a severe backlash from Twitterati. One of the users wrote “Shame on you” in the comment section of the tweet. People were also quick to call out the hypocrisy of the federation, saying that the women who are not even allowed to watch the game, are being made the face of the advertisement.
Shame on you for distorting the reality!
— K🪐 (@Xaviestak) November 21, 2022
Iranian women are not allowed in the stadiums in Iran, now they advertise with a painted face for #FIFAWorldCup2022 ? Hypocrisy!!! Women who fight for their rights are being killed by Islamic Republic and you use them for your benefit?! Shame! #MahsaAmini
— Parisa Bajelan | پریسا باجلان (@parisabajelan) November 21, 2022
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People slammed FIFA for glorifying and supporting Iran’s suppression of its women and called them a disgrace to Iranian women.
FIFA, you are just a disgrace to all Iranian women. No other sports entity has. normalized the Iranian regime's behavior towards its own people this much.https://t.co/6MscZkphYG
— سوباده (@felaskechayi) November 21, 2022
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https://twitter.com/heyvoonak/status/1594614183391559680?s=20&t=XXu3inG07k4z90ziWydLbw
The backlash was really not an unexpected one. Since the fight of the women against the Iranian regime started after the death of Mahsa Amini who died apparently because she was not wearing her burqa properly. During such a sensitive time, representing a woman in Burqa could not go unnoticed.
https://twitter.com/mxdiyeh/status/1594674331602554880?s=20&t=XXu3inG07k4z90ziWydLbw
Women with forcible hijab are not representatives of Iran! Shame on you for publishing this ad in these days when women in Iran are being killed for not wearing a headscarf.#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
— Mer3de (@mer3de) November 21, 2022
Shame on you fifa. Shame on you. Women are dying for freedom in Iran and you chose a hijabi women to represent Iran??!
Have you heard of #MahsaAmini— Claire de lune (@odmilov1) November 21, 2022
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Well, this was quite insensitive. What were they exactly thinking?
First Published: November 21, 2022 7:59 PM
