Slogans against the clerical leadership and its Islamist technocrats were shouted by the soccer fans.

The brutal intervention of militiamen boosted the anger and the protesters smashed windows of tens of security patrol cars and collective buses. These clashes continued till late in the evening and resulted in a heavy traffic jam from the stadium till the "Azadi" ('Freedom' formerly known as Shahyad) square and the Ekbatan residential area.

Soccer protests are a well known phenomenon in which Iranians use the crowd for formulating their political aspiration. This way of protesting started in year 2000 for the qualification games of the 2002 World Cup and has continued since then. Tens have been killed in such occasions as the Islamic regime has tried to control the situation.

The former Governor of Esfahan was known for having ordered the bloody crackdown of Fall 2000 on Soccer rioters which resulted in the killing of several demonstrators. The latter was later promoted, by the so-called 'reformist' faction, as the regime's Ambassador in Kuwait in order to calm the situation.

Efforts by the Islamic regime's propaganda machine in order to portray such way of political action as "Hooliganism", have failed and many foreigners have understood its real nature.

The Iranian National Soccer Team, cherished by millions of Iranians, has been re-selected for the upcoming June's World Cup in Germany. Each of its scheduled games are believed to lead to more hostile demos against the Islamic republic regime, both inside and outside the country.

Most Iranians who are in favor of a sanction against the Islamic republic, are hoping that such decision would not affect Iran's presence at the 2006 World Cup and that the World understands better the difference between the People of Iran and the current illegitimate regime.

The Iranian National Soccer Team is scheduled to play a training game against Bayern Munich in less than two weeks in Tehran.