Unrest outside Iran-US World Cup game
By France24
30 November 2022 |
1:22 pm
Security outside the Al-Thumama stadium in Doha stopped our journalists from filming as clashes erupted between rival Iranian supporters after the Iran-USA game. #Football fans opposed to the Iranian regime were attacked by pro-regime supporters.
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