America’s top diplomat has criticized a decision by FIFA to threaten players at the World Cup with yellow cards if they wear armbands supporting inclusion and diversity.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinkin, right, and Qatar Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Adbulrahman Al Thani, left, walk to a media event at the Diplomatic Club, in Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. America's top diplomat criticized a decision by FIFA to threaten players at the World Cup with yellow cards if they wear armbands supporting inclusion and diversity.
Just hours before the first players with the armbands in support of the “One Love” campaign were to take the field on Monday,— two of which lead to a player’s expulsion from that game and also the next. Asked to respond to Blinken’s comments, FIFA referred to an earlier statement about allowing the “No Discrimination” armbands at the tournament, as part of a compromise it tried to strike with soccer federations.. He later watched the U.S. tie with Wales on Monday night.
However, he made a point to add:"Real work remains on these issues, and the United States will continue to work with Qatar on strengthening labor rights and human rights more broadly long after the World Cup is over.” Blinken’s visit comes as part of a strategic dialogue with Qatar, which also hosts some 8,000 American troops at its massive Al-Udeid Air Base that’s serves as the forward headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command. The base was a key node in America’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuation of Afghan civilians.
Meanwhile, Iran is being shaken by monthslong protests following the Sept. 16 death in custody of a 22-year-old woman arrested by the country’s morality police.
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