Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin wants FIFA to ban Iran from the 2022 World Cup as a result of its alleged military support of Russia against Ukraine, per Graham Dunbar of the Associated Press.
Palkin explained his views in a statement, via Omar Garrick of The Athletic:
"Shakhtar Football Club calls on FIFA and the entire international community to immediately ban Iran’s national team from playing at the World Cup for the country’s direct participation in terrorist attacks on Ukrainians.
"This will be a fair decision that should draw the attention of the whole world to a regime that kills its best people and helps kill Ukrainians.