Rarely has a team arrived at a World Cup carrying as much political baggage as Iran. Until this week, the host nation, the United States, had been at war with the country. The tea ...
Before kick-off, Iranian players presented white roses to their American counterparts as a gesture of peace, in a moment ...
Gianni Infantino has made great play of FIFA’s influence over host nations in the past, but when it came to the United States ...
Why Iran's flag has caused some controversy for fans attending the World Cup in North America.
An organization constructed to fight for the rights of Iranian people is demanding FIFA lift its ban on pre-revolutionary ...
A growing divide between fans and team, coupled with economic hardship and war, has dampened the mood Abbas Kiarostami, the late Iranian director, made a film called Life, and Nothing More …, set ...
The Group G encounter finished 0–0, but the primary talking point arrived in the 66th minute when Argentine referee Dario ...