Iran State Media wants US banned from the World Cup
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– Iran state media has said it wants the US kicked out of the 2022 World Cup.
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– The United States Soccer Federation briefly displayed an edited version of the Iranian Flag.
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– The edited flag was a show of solidarity between the team and protestors in Iran.
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Iran state media approached FIFA to remove the US from the World Cup following the US Soccer Organization's online entertainment action.
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In a progression of tweets, Tasnim News Organization — supported by the Iranian government — composed that the US soccer
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On Saturday, the US Soccer League showed the Iranian banner without the symbol of Iran in the middle on its virtual entertainment stages, CNN detailed. The middle image is intended to address Iran's Islamic Republic.
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Soccer media officer Michael Kammarman told reporters Sunday the move was to indicate "support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights," Reuters reported.
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The US State Division told CNN they didn't have anything to do with the move from the USSF however would proceed
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"find ways to support the Iranian people in the face of state-sponsored violence against women and a brutal crackdown against peaceful protestors."