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Fans defy FIFA ban to bring pre-revolutionary Iran flags into World Cup game

3d 22h ago by feddit.online/u/CombatWombat in worldcup from www.nytimes.com

A lawsuit has been filed in California against FIFA's ban on the flag.

Seems reasonable to me that you should be able to fly this flag at a World Cup match:

Earlier this week, a lawsuit was filed against FIFA in California over the body’s ban on supporters bringing the pre-revolutionary Iranian flag into World Cup stadiums. The Institute for Voices of Liberty, a Californian non-profit which describes itself as “dedicated to advancing freedom of expression” for Iranians, claimed in the filing that those who wished to fly the flag possess “protected symbolic and political speech.”