Foreign Policy. At World Cup, U.S. soccer briefly scrubs Islamic emblem from Iran flag The decision by the U.S. Soccer Federation added yet-another political firestorm to the Middle East’s first ...

Some social media users are accusing pro-Palestine demonstrators of sympathising with the terrorist group Islamic State (IS). However, most of these flags represent the Shahada, a declaration of ...

The organization had displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic to show "support for the women in Iran" ahead of the two nations' soccer match.

The United States men’s soccer team took a stand for Iranian women by removing the Islamic Republic symbol from the country’s flag in multiple online images ahead of the U.S.-Iran World Cup ...

The U.S. Soccer Federation briefly displayed Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supported protesters in Iran ahead of the two ...

The U.S. soccer federation is displaying Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations ...