The armbands have been in spotlight since FIFA threatened a few European captains with yellow cards if they wore them to support LGBTQ people in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.
Western colluders, nearly all of them champions of human rights, have used the oil extracted with cheap labour that plies Gulf economies, to control the world order.
All the players took part in the gesture after FIFA threatened 7 European teams with sanctions if they wore the armband symbolising diversity and tolerance.
Starting his fifth World Cup, Lionel Messi had opened the scoring with a 10th-minute penalty and Argentina had three goals disallowed for offside in a free-flowing first half.
Saudi Arabia, 2nd-lowest ranked team in tournament after Ghana, threw caution to the wind at the start of second half, charging at Argentina's defence in front of a frenzied crowd.
It could either be an ominous sign of their potential that they won despite being below par, or something that coach Louis van Gaal needs to work on to go far in this World Cup.
Defender Hajsafi, on the eve of his country's opening World Cup match against England, said people in Iran 'are not happy' and hoped his team could be voice of his countrymen.
The announcement comes 2 days before Sunday's kickoff, the first to be held in a conservative Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol, the consumption of which is banned in public.
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