Yahoo Sports reports: Football governing body FIFA is allowed to ban the former Iranian flag at World Cup matches, a Los Angeles court ruled on Monday, according to sports portal The Athletic. The flag - official in Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution - is considered a symbol of the Iranian opposition, which has been pushing for a change in government in Tehran even before the war with the US and Israel.
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Report: LA court says FIFA permitted to ban former Iran flag
Football governing body FIFA is allowed to ban the former Iranian flag at World Cup matches, a Los Angeles court ruled on Monday, according to sports portal The Athletic. The flag - official in Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution - is considered a symbol of the Iranian opposition, which has been pushing for a change in government in Tehran even before the war with the US and Israel.
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