Iran Wants Pride Flags Banned At World Cup Matches
Outsports reports: Iran’s football federation is seeking a series of guarantees from FIFA over its national team’s World Cup participation, including on flags carried by supporters in stadiums. Among a list of demands made by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that only officially recognized national flags should be displayed during … The post Iran Wants Pride Flags Banned At World Cup Matches appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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Outsports reports:
Iran’s football federation is seeking a series of guarantees from FIFA over its national team’s World Cup participation, including on flags carried by supporters in stadiums. Among a list of demands made by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that only officially recognized national flags should be displayed during the team’s games, extending to those flags carried by fans in the stands.
If enforced, that would prevent the visibility of Pride rainbow flags at Iran’s Group G match against Egypt in Seattle on June 26, which has been designated a “Pride Match” by the city’s local organizing committee. Unlike the 2022 tournament in Qatar, where local laws restricted LGBTQ expression and some rainbow items were confiscated from fans, there has as yet been no suggestion that Pride flags will be in any way restricted or prohibited at this summer’s soccer extravaganza.
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Iran demands Pride flags be banned from World Cup stadiums – www.outsports.com/2026/5/11/24…
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