{"id":1753642,"date":"2022-11-28T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753642"},"modified":"2022-11-28T10:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:48:22","slug":"iran-demands-u-s-be-kicked-out-of-world-cup-after-removing-islamic-republic-symbol-from-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-demands-u-s-be-kicked-out-of-world-cup-after-removing-islamic-republic-symbol-from-social-media-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Demands U.S. Be Kicked Out of World Cup After Removing Islamic Republic Symbol From Social Media Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-demands-u-s-be-kicked-out-of-world-cup-after-removing-islamic-republic-symbol-from-social-media-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The U.S. Men\u2019s National Team (USMNT) infuriated Iranian officials by briefly using an Iranian flag that lacked the Islamic Republic\u2019s symbol in the center of the banner on the U.S. team\u2019s social media World Cup posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The USMNT posted a statement saying it intended to use the incomplete Iranian flag for 24 hours to show \u201cour support for the women in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA14C0ZQ.img?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;q=60&#038;m=2&#038;f=jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The USMNT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/sportsnews\/article-11474439\/Tensions-rise-USA-Iran-World-Cup-game-USMNT-showing-Iranian-flag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> a flag to represent Iran in its World Cup social media posts that appeared solely as a green, white, and red striped banner, deleting the central symbol of a sword and four curves representing the saying \u201cThere is no god but GOD.\u201d The design is also meant to represent a tulip or lotus flower. The symbol was created in 1980 by the Islamic Republic after the 1979 Mullah revolution that ousted the Shah of Iran from power, the <i>Daily Mail<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1244954565\/photo\/a-giant-national-flag-of-iran-is-displayed-on-the-pitch-at-the-khalifa-international-stadium.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=pcc_5ZEVOiOb2O-Z52eWGt8cGQhkFIC7lgeVFPRoH6A=\" alt=\"Giant national flag of Iran is displayed on the pitch at the Khalifa International Stadium before the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B...\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A giant national flag of Iran is displayed on the pitch at the Khalifa International Stadium before the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B football match between England and Iran in Doha on November 21, 2022. (JEWEL SAMAD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. will face Iran in a crucial game on Tues., Nov. 29, that will determine which one of them will continue to the next round at the World Cup. Should Iran win, it will knock the U.S. out of the games. But a tie would also send Iran to the next round.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Safiollah Fagahanpour, an adviser to the Iranian Football Federation, accused the U.S. of trying to upset the Iranian team with the flag stunt and called it \u201cillegal\u201d according to FIFA rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must be held responsible. Obviously they want to affect Iran\u2019s performance against the US by doing this,\u201d Fagahanpour said, according to Iran\u2019s ISNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to section 13 of #FIFA rules, any person who offends the dignity or integrity of a country, a person or group of people\u2026 shall be sanctioned with a suspension lasting at least ten matches or a specific period, or any other appropriate disciplinary measure,\u201d\u00a0Iran\u2019s state-affiliated media Tasnim News Agency wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/20567209\/iran-fume-world-cup-usa-scrub-islamic-republic-emblem\/\">added<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cBy posting a distorted image of the flag of the Islamic Republic of #Iran on its official account, the #US football team breached the @FIFAcom charter, for which a 10-game suspension is the appropriate penalty. Team #USA should be kicked out of the #WorldCup2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The USMNT claimed that the incomplete Iran flag was posted as a way to stand in solidarity with the current wave of protests that have swept the strict Muslim nation after the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was murdered by so-called \u201cmorality police\u201d for not wearing her hijab correctly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Since Amini\u2019s death, protests have sprung up across Iran and hundreds of protesters have been killed by police. Only a week ago, several children were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/11\/17\/children-killed-as-iran-protests-intensify-iran-claims-west-and-israel-behind-terrorist-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> in the southwestern city of Izeh during protests that are becoming known as \u201cBloody November\u201d by dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian judiciary has resorted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/11\/14\/iran-charges-over-750-for-riots-issues-first-death-sentence-in-mahsa-amini-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issuing<\/a> death sentences to protesters in a desperate attempt to scare participants from joining future disruptions. Some of the condemned protesters have already been executed, and more will follow.<\/p>\n<p>There have been repercussions for World Cup players, too. After Iran\u2019s team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/11\/21\/iran-team-refuses-to-sing-national-anthem-at-soccer-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a> to sing the Iranian national anthem during its first appearance at the games, Kurdish player Voria Ghafouri was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/11\/25\/iran-arrests-ethnic-kurdish-soccer-star-supporting-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> for supporting the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The USMNT returned to using the proper Iranian flag after its stated 24-hour period. All Iranian flags on its social media accounts now bear the Islamic Republic symbol at its center.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Men\u2019s National Team (USMNT) infuriated Iranian officials by briefly using an Iranian flag that lacked the Islamic Republic\u2019s symbol in the center of the banner on the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1753645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}