Posted on 05/13/2026 11:35:43 AM PDT by Morgana
Iran’s football federation has shared a list of conditions with FIFA surrounding the country’s participation in the upcoming 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, including a ban on LGBTQ+ pride flags.
The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) told FIFA that it would compete in the competition “without any retreat from our beliefs, culture and convictions” and insisted that the hosts “must take our concerns into account”, as per Out Sports.
The list of 10 demands for Iran’s participation comes after the FFIRI’s president, Mehdi Taj, was denied entry to Canada before the FIFA Congress in Vancouver in April.
One of the demands made by the FFIRI was that only officially recognised flags should be displayed while Iran is playing, including those being carried by fans in the stadium. That would mean that LGBTQ+ Pride flags would be banned from the matches.
The already controversial request is proving to be even more complicated, considering that Iran is scheduled to play against Egypt on 26 June in Seattle in a game that has been designated the “Pride Match” by Seattle’s organising committee.
The match’s theme was announced in December to much outcry, considering homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran. Egypt does not technically have a specific law against same-sex activity, but it is instead illegal under morality laws with punishment up to 17 years with hard labour, fines and deportation.
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“Our kind of people? I hope you are joking. So, they murder thousands, rape kids, cause mayhem all over the world, but had the fag flag? They sure as hell ain’t ‘my kind of people’.”
No that would be the Israelis.
Cheering for Iran!
So now we know your sentiments..the New York Post has a story on the video the Israrlis found that Hamas made for October 7th. I suggest you read it to fond out what depravity is.
Are these not the raving nut jobs that KILL folks in crowded locations?
Surely a little flag would pose NO problems at all!
Now THERE's muh boys!!!
correlation is not causation.
Gotta keep the suicide bomber pipeline FULL!
A pox on both their houses.
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