During this year’s World Cup, Iran wants to run America out of the Cup because the US changed Iran’s flag on social media platforms. 

The United States did this to start protests against Iran. The federation displayed it on Instagram, Facebook, and even Twitter. American soccer told CNN that they intended to put it back to its original flag but it first needed to, “support the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights.” The State Department told CNN that they didn’t coordinate with US Soccer in choosing this for Iran’s flag. 

The United States will always be an ally to support and raise awareness of women’s rights in Iran. Iran posted on social media that America should be disqualified and kicked out because of the “distorted image” we posted of their flag.