Iran football players hold school bags in tribute to girls killed in bombing (opens in new tab)

<p>The Iran men’s national football team wore black armbands and held school bags as their anthem played before a match in Turkey on Friday, in what a team official said was a protest over the killing of schoolgirls on the first day of the war.</p><p></p><p>Iran were playing a friendly against Nigeria in the resort town of Belek as preparation for the <a href=" Cup</a> in the United States, Mexico and Canada, where their participation is in doubt over the conflict.</p><p></p><p>The men lined ...