Iran is asking Fifa to ban the US from the World Cup after the US Football Federation briefly removed the Islamic Republic symbol from the Iranian flag on its social media pages. The US team said the move was done on purpose to show support for women’s rights protesters in Iran.
Since September, Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests after a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in custody of the country’s “morality police”. Earlier in the World Cup, the Iranian team refused to sing Iran’s national anthem and supporters shouted pro-protest slogans during matches.
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