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Iran women’s soccer player quits national team over protest killings

Jan 31, 2026, 14:19 GMT+0Updated: 16:04 GMT+0

Zahra Alizadeh, a national team player for the Gol Gohar Sirjan women’s soccer club, announced in an Instagram post that she has withdrawn from Iran’s national football team, becoming the first Iranian footballer to take such a step following the unprecedented killing of people by the Islamic Republic.

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