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Report: Iran Threatens to Torture Players’ Families Ahead of USMNT Match
MSN ^ | 11-28-22

Posted on 11/28/2022 8:50:17 PM PST by nuconvert

The team did not sing along with the national anthem before its first match against England.

Iran has threatened families of players on the Iranian World Cup team with “violence and torture” if the players don’t “behave” in the match vs. the United States men's national team on Tuesday, CNN’s Sam Kiley reports.

A source told Kiley that Iran has a “large number” of security eyeing how the players act while in Qatar. Additionally, the source said Iran coach Carlos Queiroz met with Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officers following these threats, but it is unclear whether that was what the meeting was about.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; lebanon; qatar; soccer; yemen
Same old tactics
1 posted on 11/28/2022 8:50:17 PM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

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Have Obama send them more plane loads of Cash.

Joe was VP and defended it all.

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2 posted on 11/28/2022 8:56:07 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: nuconvert

Maybe it’s true.... maybe it isn’t. It’s another of those “anonymous source said” stories. America gets so much propaganda anymore that stories like that are almost all untrue and designed to advance a narrative.


3 posted on 11/28/2022 9:02:10 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: nuconvert

I think this is BS.


4 posted on 11/28/2022 9:04:33 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: nuconvert

I saw this reported on CNN today.


5 posted on 11/28/2022 9:04:51 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: nuconvert

Apparently the players are siding with the Iranian protesters and there’s a big match against the US today.


6 posted on 11/28/2022 9:06:56 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: nuconvert

Story was provided to this writer by Sam Kiley. A Brit with all the signs of Brit intel.

More gaslighting probably.


7 posted on 11/28/2022 9:06:58 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino
"Maybe it’s true.... maybe it isn’t. It’s another of those “anonymous source said” stories. America gets so much propaganda anymore that stories like that are almost all untrue and designed to advance a narrative."

Sad to say, I agree. Journalism is a dying ember.
8 posted on 11/28/2022 9:07:15 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: McGruff

Yeah, and this story said “according to CNN” who has an anonymous source....

Just like the Steele “Dossier”. They put the story out in several places at once, they all report that someone else is reporting, blah blah blah.

It gives the effect that the story is everywhere. It’s actually very planted, buy the Brits, perfidious Albion, yet again.


9 posted on 11/28/2022 9:09:55 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Yeah, they would never do that.


10 posted on 11/28/2022 9:10:28 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Sorry if I’m cynical about our media. You are free to accept everything they say.


11 posted on 11/28/2022 9:12:42 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: DesertRhino
Maybe it’s true.... maybe it isn’t. It’s another of those “anonymous source said” stories. America gets so much propaganda anymore that stories like that are almost all untrue and designed to advance a narrative.

True. There is very little truthful reporting anymore and it’s a lot of work trying to verify what gets put out there.

I take almost everything that’s reported with a big grain of salt these days.

12 posted on 11/28/2022 9:14:53 PM PST by Allegra
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To: DesertRhino

You are so dead on right about this. I know I have underestimated the amount of manipulation going on, and I think 90% of stories are driven by narrative now, and would not be surprised if it was actually close to 100%.


13 posted on 11/28/2022 9:36:26 PM PST by Duke of Milan
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To: Duke of Milan

It’s a through the looking glass feeling when you suddenly realize that nearly everything we are presented is a lie.


14 posted on 11/29/2022 12:29:07 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: nuconvert

The Iranian regime is trash.


15 posted on 11/29/2022 4:00:15 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: nuconvert

The beatings will continue until morale improves.


16 posted on 11/29/2022 4:11:19 AM PST by shotgun
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To: DesertRhino; Steve_Seattle

Since the Iranian regime has done this in the past, for real, I’m inclined to think it’s true. Threatening family members is what they do in order to keep people in line, inside Iran & outside.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iranian-canadians-monitoring-iran-1.6664350

It’s been going on for decades. The Chinese do it too.


17 posted on 11/29/2022 5:53:59 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

Good thing we are not responsible to govern Iran.


18 posted on 11/29/2022 5:54:53 AM PST by Jim Noble (The Decline of America is a Choice )
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To: DesertRhino

Has there every been a Russian bot you didn’t agree with?


19 posted on 11/29/2022 6:26:15 AM PST by Callahan ( )
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