‘Waka Waka’ shakira remembers Iran’s footballer on death row ahead on World Cup final

Doha:Shakira’s song ‘Waka Waka’ made the world proud in the 2010 World Cup. Shakira is the ex-wife of Spanish footballer Gerard Pique. She reminded me on Sunday of an Iranian footballer.

The whole world is busy with the Football World Cup. All eyes are on lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe’s team. But Shakira, who sang the ‘theme song’ of the 2010 World Cup, reminded of Amir Naser. The footballer has been sentenced to death for standing by Iranian women in the anti-hijab movement. Nasser’s name, who was standing in front of death, came up in Shakira’s tweet.

Shakira’s song ‘Waka Waka’ made the world proud in the 2010 World Cup. Shakira is the ex-wife of Spanish footballer Gerard Pique. He tweeted on Sunday, “Football today.
The World Cup final. I hope the footballers on the field and the whole world will remember that a footballer has been sentenced to death for talking about women’s rights. I hope a minute’s silence will be observed. That silence has more power than many screams. However, no silence was observed before the start of the final.
The Iranian government is planning to hang the country’s footballer Amir Nasser. According to an Iranian website, Amir Nasser-Azadani and two other men were forced to appear on a government-run TV channel and ask for forgiveness for the crime. That doesn’t reduce the punishment either. The Iranian government is considering the death penalty.