Portuguese coach left the country before the US and Israeli attack. Before that, undercover police killed “young people, children and public figures, former football players – one of them I knew, he played against me three years ago here”. Sá Pinto reports “unbelievable” events that did not reach Europe
Sá Pinto left Iran before the attack, he knew as many did that the bombs were coming: he sensed they were on the way. “I left Iran more than a week ago, I went there two or three days before the conflict started and I already anticipated that this would happen: the last few weeks were not easy, there were many demonstrations that took many people to the streets, the atmosphere became very tense, people were scared and it was clear that something was going to happen soon.” It happened.
Sá Pinto began to feel insecure, it was no longer possible to walk on the street at all hours and death spread on land even before Israeli and American missiles brought more death from the air. “From 6:00 pm onwards we avoided going out on the street, then from 8:00 pm onwards, in short, a lot of people died that people have no idea about – in an unbelievable way because the demonstrations were very peaceful, but there were plainclothes police officers mixed in among the protesters and they were killing young people aged 20 to 30 in an unbelievable way, with a gun to their head from behind, young people, children and public figures, former football players… one of them I met, He played against me three years ago here, I was with my family, they shot the woman too, the girl too.”
The internet is not free in Iran, the internet has its dangers but also its freedoms, one of them is knowing what is happening everywhere but this is not the case in Iran, what is happening in Iran does not leave there and when it does you need a VPN, you have to take risks, but Sá Pinto did not need a VPN, he was there and now he is here and brings the information: “I experienced it up close, 80% or 90% of the images, the videos, the photographs, in short, of everything that was done here did not appear in Europe”.
Anyway: “Yes, I will certainly consider returning when the regime falls.” What if it doesn’t fall? “It’s going to fall for sure.”
