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Tehran denounced on Friday one political decision” behind the cancellation of a controversial friendly match preparation for the world cup in qatar 2022 between teams from Iran and Canada. The Canadian Soccer Federation announced the day before cancel the gameplanned for the June 5 in Vancouver.
This match between two teams already qualified for the next World Cup, had sparked controversy in Canadatwo years after a plane carrying mainly Canadian citizens was mistakenly shot down by Iranian air defense, shortly after takeoff in Tehran.
Iran’s Deputy Chief Justice, Kazem Gharibabadi lamented in a tweet on Friday that the ‘so-called land of the free’ can’t ‘leave politics’ off the pitch.
Recently, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Tudeau had stated that the match “wasn’t a very good idea”.
What happened to Flight PS752?
The January 8, 2020Airline flight PS752 Tehran-kyiv International Ukrainian airlines (UIA) crashed, killing all 176 people on boardbetween them 85 citizens or permanent residents Canadians. The Iranian armed forces admitted three days later to having shot down the plane “by mistake”.
The Association of Relatives of Victims of the flight PS752 requested canadian soccer cancel the game. Shortly after the match was canceled, Mohammad Jamaat, the Iranian team’s media manager, told local television that Tehran would “file a complaint with FIFA” against this decision.
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