Iran soccer players hold backpacks to honor schoolkids killed in missile strike
Players held small backpacks as Iran’s national soccer team used a match against Nigeria to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school. More than 165 people were killed, most of them children, when a February 28 strike, likely launch…
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Players held small backpacks as Iran’s national soccer team used a match against Nigeria to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school. More than 165 people were killed, most of them children, when a February 28 strike, likely launch…
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) Players held small backpacks as Irans national soccer team used a match against Nigeria on Friday to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school. More t…
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