Six members of the Iranian football team have worn green armbands during a World Cup qualifying match against South Korea in Seoul. The players wore the colour adopted by the opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in an apparent show of support.Most of the players had removed the bands in the second half.
| According to some tweets I saw, they were pretty well threatened with death and the deaths of their families if they didn't remove them. |
Fans from Iran staged a protest outside the stadium to show their support for the demonstrations at home. One of their banners read "Go to hell dictator", and they chanted, "Compatriots, we will be with you to the end with the same heart".
During the match they held up green paper signs reading "Where is my vote?" and waved Iranian national flags emblazoned with the plea, "Free Iran".
The game in Seoul ended in a 1-1 draw.