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Video: Iran Fans Defy FIFA Autocrats and Fly pre-Revolutionary Flags

June 16, 2026
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 15: Protestors demonstrate against the Islamic Republic of Iran, while holding pre-revolutionary Iranian flags and other flags, outside Los Angeles Stadium ahead of the Iranian national soccer team’s World Cup match against New Zealand on June 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. The FIFA ban on Iranian pre-revolution flags at the World Cup was upheld today following an emergency hearing. Iran is playing its first two matches in Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is home to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Fans of the Iran soccer team that grabbed a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday at the FIFA World Cup were happy to defy the autocratic sports body and fly flags it had banned – specifically, the pre-revolution Iranian flag of old.

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