{"id":352953,"date":"2026-06-16T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/protesters-gather-outside-irans-first-world-cup-match\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:00:32","slug":"protesters-gather-outside-irans-first-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/protesters-gather-outside-irans-first-world-cup-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters gather outside Iran&#8217;s first World Cup match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P_MJIUUYevw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gather outside Iran's first World Cup match\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_MJIUUYevw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Several hundred Iranian Americans protested outside Iran\u2019s first World Cup game on Monday night, calling for change in Tehran and waving the pre-Islamic revolution lion-and-sun flag.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The match took place in Inglewood in south-west Los Angeles. The city is home to the largest diaspora community of Iranians outside Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s participation in the World Cup has been beset by challenges since Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on the country, dividing the US community.<\/p>\n<p>Fans cheered and booed loudly while Iran\u2019s national anthem was played at the game against New Zealand, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Some spectators held large lion-and-sun flags in the front rows just hours after a court upheld Fifa\u2019s ban on them.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, the Iran captain, Mehdi Taremi, midfielder Mohammad Mohebi and the head coach, Amir Ghalenoei, hit out at Fifa and hinted at resentment toward the US government after being told they had to leave Los Angeles as soon as the match was over. Ghalenoei said the way Fifa had treated them made Iran \u201cthe most oppressed\u201d team at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Read Alex Abnos&#8217;s report \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/16\/iran-overcomes-its-divisions-for-90-minutes-then-same-old-problems-return<\/p>\n<p>#iran #worldcup #worldcup2026 #fifa #iranprotests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several hundred Iranian Americans protested outside Iran\u2019s first World Cup game on Monday night, calling for change in Tehran and waving the pre-Islamic revolution lion-and-sun flag. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 The match took place in Inglewood in south-west Los Angeles. 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