Iran’s World Cup squad arrives in Mexico wearing lapel pins marked “#168” to honor victims of a deadly school attack. Multiple reports say the players display the pins as they travel, signaling a tribute that links the team’s tournament presence to the earlier public acknowledgment of the incident. The Independent notes the gesture follows a similar tribute by the team in March, indicating the “#168” symbol has been used previously by Iran’s players as a form of remembrance. The Winnipeg Free Press also describes the pin-wearing as the squad reaches Mexico, tying the act to the same event involving casualties at a school. While the outlets focus on the visual tribute, they describe it as a deliberate, coordinated message by the players rather than an official tournament statement in the reporting provided. Together, the sources agree that the squad’s arrival includes the lapel pins and that the tribute references the same incident and number as part of an ongoing pattern of commemoration.