The United States defies Iran: The American Federation removes the coat of arms of the Islamic Republic from the flag

This is not the first time the Americans and Iranians have faced each other on the big stage at a World Cup, but the international situation makes the challenge all the more sincere. And to make it even hotter, there’s also the American Federation.

In a World Cup tournament that already carries many political meanings, Group B presents as its last match a match that can only recall a context somewhat outside the football world, that between Iran and the United States. Given that England must score points against Wales, the match at Al Thumama Stadium risks determining which of the two teams on the field will qualify for the group. And although this is not the first time that the Americans and Iranians have faced each other on the grand stage of the World Cup (it really happened in 1998, with a sensational victory for the Persians), the international situation makes the challenge even more sincere. And to make it even hotter, there’s also the American Federation.

Emblem of the Islamic Republic

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As he explains linkedHe pressesUSSF is setting up the game on its online channels with an obvious choice: not to show the Iranian flag, or at least the current flag. The tricolor of the Persians is always the same, but the coat of arms of the Islamic Republic is missing in the middle, added in place of the lion and the rising sun of the Shah’s empire after the 1979 revolution. Since they were there, the Americans also decided to remove another detail from the flag, the writings at the ends of the two outer stripes ( red and green). It is the inscription “God is great” repeated 22 times to commemorate the revolution that took place according to the Iranian calendar on the twenty-second day of the eleventh month.

Unappreciated decision

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In short, an option that has very little soccer and that was made to show the support of the United States of America and the American Federation for the protests affecting the Asian country. Which was obviously not very popular in Iran. Neither the federation nor the ambassador to the United Nations commented on the incident at the request of the Palestinian Authority, but on the other hand, many Iranian users had expressed their opinions on social media. The Iranian news agency “Tasnim” also reported on the federation’s decision, describing the Americans’ desire to “remove the symbol of God” from the country’s flag. Proving that the cliché that “it’s just a football game” is definitely wrong when it comes to Iran and the US…