Iran beat Uruguay in a friendly match (Jay Pratt/Getty)
players mode Iran national team The first football club, a condition on a press reporter, in order to conduct an interview with them, after the end of the friendly match, in which they won with one goal for nothing, on the Uruguay national team In Austria, in preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
And Isabel Parker, a reporter for the British newspaper “The Sun”, revealed, on Saturday evening, that she found herself forced to wear the hijab, in order to give a press interview with the Iranian players, after the end of the friendly match against the Uruguayan team.
The journalist confirmed that she was surprised, after she found herself unable to talk to the Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz, and the players of the Iranian national team, unless she wore the veil, which would cover her hair, which made her seriously consider organizing a protest outside the hotel in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
She explained that she gave up the idea of protesting, after she was determined to continue her work, but she was unable to find a store that would sell her the hijab, as a result of the owners closing at the time set for them, so she made a special hijab.
On this matter, Isabelle said: “I did not believe what was asked of me, and I thought about organizing my own protest, but I had work to do, and my decision was to work,” stressing that the recommendation to wear the veil came through one of the personalities accompanying the Iranian national team, in order for her to conduct the interview. with the players.
Isabelle concluded her speech that all the players of the Iranian national team, in addition to the technical staff led by coach Carlos Queiroz, were friendly and cooperative with her, in order to do her job and do what she came for.
A SUNSPORT reporter was compelled to wear a hijab headscarf to interview Iran’s football team after a match — in Austria https://t.co/y2agwrq4Nw
— Irish Sun Sport (@IrishSunSport) September 25, 2022