Iran should be 'thrown out of World Cup and replaced by Ukraine'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Therefore, we ask Fifa, based on Articles 3 and 4 of its statutes, to immediately expel Iran from the World Cup 2022 in Qatar."
49% : We Iranian athletes ask that you apply the same to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
41% : It was the latest in a wave of calls for Iran to be expelled from the World Cup in the build-up to the tournament following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini - who had been detained for wearing her hijab too loosely - which has sparked unprecedented protests across the country.
37% :Palkin's intervention comes after a group including "Iranian soccer and sports personalities" heaped pressure on Fifa to throw Iran out of the World Cup.
31% :"Iran is brutally killing and torturing protesters and is oppressing women by criminalising watching football or showing a few strands of hair.
14% : Shahktar Donetsk have joined calls for Iran to be thrown out of tournament over supply of 'kamikaze' drones to RussiaShakhtar Donetsk have demanded that Iran be thrown out of the World Cup and replaced by Ukraine over the Middle East state's "participation in terrorists attacks" during Russia's invasion of their homeland.

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