FIFA asked to ban England's World Cup opponents Iran with replacement lined up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Shakhtar Donetsk have called for Iran to be replaced by Ukraine at this year's World Cup in Qatar amid claims the Middle-Eastern country is supplying Russia with weapons.
40% : The demand comes after England were asked to boycott their game against Iran over women's rights.
40% : Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Iranian "kamizake" drones have been used in Russian strikes on his nation, with the British government set to impose further sanctions on Iran.
38% : England's opening game of the tournament in Qatar is against Iran on November 21 - in just four weeks' time.
36% : Open Stadiums, who want to end the ill-treatment of women in Iran, have called on England to boycott their World Cup opener.
35% : Women in Iran are subject to harassment, detention, torture and other ill-treatment on a daily basis.
32% : Sergei Palkin, Shakhtar's CEO, has asked FIFA to ban Iran from the upcoming tournament and replace them with Ukraine, who failed to qualify.
29% : Do you think Iran should be banned from the World Cup?

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