Iranian footballers back protests
Updated on 17 June 2009
Some of Iran’s top footballers appeared to show support for defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi today while their fans unfurled banners reading "Free Iran".
Some Iranian players wore green armbands during a one-all draw with
Outside the stadium, Iranian Mahmoud Reza Soltany, 31, said: "Deep in our heart, we're sad about what happened in
"It was not right. We know that. What Iranian people are doing in
Another Iranian, 50-year-old Sina Park, said: "They are doing something that has not been done for thirty years. The people were quiet for thirty years.
"They were shut down and their voice was not been heard in anywhere else. But now it's the time that their voice is being heard in all over the world."
