Iran accuses US of being racist following US victory over Iran in Football World Cup

You have to love the Iranians, never mind that they are busy shooting Iranian protesters and sending kamikaze drones to Ukraine to kill Ukraine citizens.
They are more interested in finding fault with US politics. The US soccer coach was in the firing line from Iranian press following their 1-0 loss to the US.

The Iranians are angry because their flag was improperly displayed on the World Cup website before being changed. It was incorrectly displayed in support of the protests in Iran.

Iran also supports Putin in his invasion of Ukraine. For that alone they should be banned from the World Cup or have their flag hung upside down.

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Northwest · M

I believe this happened before the game, when the US Team's captain was asked questions by an Iranian journalist, during a press briefing.

The Iranian journalist first scolded him for mispronouncing Iran (the American kid said eyeran, instead of eera~n). The kid apologized, burning him once, and then burned him again, when the Iranian journalist, obviously representing the regime, asked the US kid, how he feels, being black, playing for a racist country. Then came the burn "discrimination is everywhere, but in the US we are making progress, and that's what I'm proud of".

It's important to distinguish between the Mullahs, and the people. These are two different things.

I hope the Iran team does not get the Saddam sports' teams treatment.