U.S. Soccer briefly displayed Iran's flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic to show “support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights”
By Sunday afternoon, the normal flag with the emblem had been restored in the Twitter banner as attention to it grew.
The protests have seen at least 450 people killed since they started, as well as over 18,000 arrested, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, an advocacy group following the demonstrations. Iran's mission to the United Nations and its soccer federation did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. As comments raged online, Iranian state television described the U.S. federation as “removing the symbol of Allah” from the Iranian flag.
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