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sheshe2

(99,044 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:17 PM Jun 8

Iranians Arrive For World Cup Bearing A Tribute [View all]

Iranâ€™s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins honoring the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast. The players wore gold-colored pins with the number â€œ168â€ on their jackets.
apnews.com/article/worl...
— Hoodlum ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-06-08T22:06:00.043Z

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Iranians Arrive For World Cup Bearing A Tribute [View all] sheshe2 Jun 8 OP

It was a brutal and shameful attack and they are free to wear what they want TheProle Jun 8 #1

You sure you're not my son? KPN Jun 8 #9

Whow. Brave fellas--good for them. riversedge Jun 8 #2

Bravi ragazzi Prairie Gates Jun 8 #3

And we 'double tapped' to make sure... sheshe2 Jun 8 #4

I would love to see Hegseth and trump standing in the Hague brer cat Jun 8 #5

You and me both, brer. sheshe2 Jun 8 #6

I would too... very much so! liberalla Jun 8 #7

So would I! calimary Jun 8 #10

Wouldn't it be something if they took home the WC? 🤔 littlemissmartypants Jun 8 #8

No pride pins though? Oneironaut Jun 8 #11