Mario Ferri said he wanted to send 'important messages', including for Iran 'where I have friends who are suffering, where women are not respected'.
Mario Ferri, 35, who calls himself 'The Falcon', interrupted the Portugal-Uruguay gameDOHA - The Italian who ran on to the World Cup pitch wearing a T-shirt in support of Ukraine and Iranian women is a football player with a history of similar stunts.
"FIFA banned rainbow captain's armbands and human rights flags in the stands, they blocked everyone, BUT NOT ME, like a Robin Hood," he wrote. Gay rights and the use of the rainbow flag have been a simmering issue at the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal. The rainbow features in both the flag for LGBTQ rights and the peace flag.
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