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Iranian players ‘have a right to equal opportunity’ at World Cup, says former Socceroos captain
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6:11Now PlayingIran's head coach has described his players as perhaps the "most oppressed team at the World Cup". They were forced to leave the U.S. straight after their opening match against New Zealand last night.
Speaking to Sky News, Craig Foster, former captain of the Australian men's football team and prominent human rights advocate, tells Sky's Yalda Hakim, "what's happened with the Iranian team is absolutely farcical".
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