The U.S. soccer federation briefly displayed Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic.
By Sunday afternoon, the normal flag with the emblem had been restored in the Twitter banner and the Facebook and Instagram posts with the altered flag had been removed.
“This was a decision within the federation,” he said. “I'm not going to get into who knew and who didn't.” The brief absence of the emblem came as monthslong demonstrations challenged Iran's government following, who had been detained by the country's morality police. Tehran also restricts media access and has detained over 63 reporters and photographers since the demonstrations began, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, making covering the unrest that much more difficult.
"They must be held responsible,” Fagahanpour said. “Obviously they want to affect Iran’s performance against the U.S by doing this.”
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