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The Iranian national team held a memorial service before a friendly match against Nigeria in Belek, Turkey. The players carried purple and red backpacks onto the field and held them high during the national anthem.
With this gesture, the Iranian players remembered the victims of the February 28 missile attack on the Shajarayi Tayyiba Girls' School in Minab, and the more than 170 people who died there, mostly students. In this memorial service, the players aimed not only to express their feelings of remembrance, but also to express their condolences to the families of the victims.
The vice president of the Iranian Football Federation, Mohammad Nabi, said that the initiative for this action came from the players themselves, and their intention was to show social respect and sympathy.
It is reported that the US military mistakenly launched a strike on the school. This mistake was made based on outdated intelligence information, but the US has not yet officially acknowledged this mistake and has limited itself to stating that an investigation is underway into the incident.
This action by the Iranian players is considered an important step in demonstrating humanity and respect for memory not only on the sports field, but also in society.
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