the situation at the stadium, the FIFA ban was circumvented
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(Filippo Conticello) In the end, at the SoFi in Los Angeles, for the match against New Zealand, all or almost all the flags of pre-revolutionary Iran entered: they are those of the opposition to the ayatollahs and, consequently, also hostile to today’s Iranian national team, which is also accused of connivance with the regime. It was easy to pass the controls in the mega stadium in the Inglewood area, thus the FIFA ban was also circumvented, which had been requested by the Tehran federation itself: for the highest football government the flags with the moon and the sun were to be considered among the political materials prohibited by the stadium regulations, a theory confirmed a few hours ago by a ruling from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. At SoFi there are, therefore, many more secular and “forbidden” flags than the “regular” ones of the Islamic Republic, with Allah in the middle. It was exactly what Taremi’s team feared, as when they took to the field to warm up they received a half-hearted welcome: applause mixed with boos, in a stadium that won’t be as packed as the one that welcomed the USA on their debut.