Posted on 05/19/2026 3:14:43 PM PDT by Libloather
World Cup fans are banned from bringing in pre-revolutionary Iran flags and apparel to stadiums this summer — while the controversial Palestinian flag will be allowed.
FIFA has ruled items with the symbolism will not be permitted at this year’s iteration of the globe’s most-famous soccer tournament, The Athletic reported on Tuesday.
FIFA says the flag violates their code of conduct, which states “banners, flags, fliers, apparel and other paraphernalia, that are of a political, offensive and/or discriminatory nature” will not be allowed at event venues.
The Palestinian flag is an “officially approved flag of a member association of FIFA,” The Athletic reported.
Emel Karsaz, an Iranian living in Los Angeles who describes herself as a Iranian-American advocate for freedom in Iran, told The California Post on Tuesday that she’s not expecting FIFA’s ban to change much.
She said she believes the Iranian soccer team “is basically representing IRGC” and “not representing people,” and she’s anticipating Iranians to show up to matches with the pre-revolutionary flags en masse.
“I’m sure it’s going to make everyone so angry that I’ll bet you anything there’s going to be a huge protest,” she said.
“The Iranians will do anything in their power to basically come and do the protest and tell the world that they are not our team.”
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Buncha Commies.
Hockey is YUGELY more entertaining.
What is someone tried to bring a Confederate battle flag? Banned for life?
I was thinking the same thing..
A “pre-revolutionary Iran flag” is a CIA and MI6 flag, for the government the CIA and MI6 installed after overthrowing the legitimate government of Iran in 1953.
Stupid.
No, TB, a “pre-revolutionary Iran flag” is not a CIA and MI6 flag.
The Lion and Sun motif began appearing in Persia around the 12th–13th centuries. The Lion and Sun emblem started appearing on Persian state flags during the Safavid dynasty in the 1500s–1600s. By the Qajar dynasty (1789–1925), the Lion and Sun flag had become the recognized national flag of Persia/Iran. The standardized Pahlavi-era version was used from the 1920s until 1979.
To say otherwise is both cynical and ignorant.
“A “pre-revolutionary Iran flag” is a CIA and MI6 flag, for the government the CIA and MI6 installed after overthrowing the legitimate government of Iran in 1953.”
Wrong. The Shah had been the monarch of Iran since 1941. He never abdicated and was never overthrown until the Islamist took over in 1979. Pahlavi had the constitutional authority to remove Mosaddegh from office. By the time he did, most of Iran was completely against the Prime Minister.
Where do you get your history, AOC and Ilhan Omar?
Where do you get your propaganda?
Operation Ajax: The Coup of 1953
"The CIA, under Allen Dulles, and MI6 together devised a plan: Operation Ajax. Its aim was to depose Mosaddegh and strengthen the Shah. Kermit Roosevelt, a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, was chosen to lead the covert operation in Tehran"
"In August 1953 the Shah, under pressure, signed decrees dismissing Mosaddegh and appointing General Fazlollah Zahedi as prime minister. Initially, the coup faltered: Mosaddegh’s supporters resisted, and the Shah fled to Rome in panic. But Roosevelt and his team regrouped. They mobilized paid demonstrators and allied military units. On August 19, violent clashes erupted in Tehran. Pro-coup forces, including elements of the army and street mobs, stormed Mosaddegh’s residence. After heavy fighting, Mosaddegh’s government collapsed. He was arrested, tried, and sentenced to house arrest until his death in 1967. Zahedi assumed power, and the Shah returned triumphantly. The Anglo-American operation had succeeded."
https://explaininghistory.org/2025/08/28/the-1953-coup-oil-mosaddegh-and-the-roots-of-iranian-resentment/
Stupid? Wow. You're either ignorant or deceptive.
It doesn't matter what they show you on the flag. In 1953, under Operation Ajax, the CIA and MI6 staged a coup in Iran and overthrough Mosaddegh who wanted to nationalize Iranian oil. See Post 11.
So YES, regardless of what they show you on the flag, it should have a large "CIA" and "MI6" emblazoned across it because it was their government starting in 1953 until 1979.
https://explaininghistory.org/2025/08/28/the-1953-coup-oil-mosaddegh-and-the-roots-of-iranian-resentment/
If Democrats get to fly gay flags on OUR properties when they're in power then we can at least extend flexibility as a host nation - pressuring the gay football soccer committee to lighten up.
Especially since they're fine with terrorist banners.
Yeah that’s the old story. Yes, the CIA supported the Shah. But you’re still wrong. The government of Iran had been ruled by a king, known as Shah, for about 1500 years before Mosaddegh came along. It had been ruled by the Qajar Dynasty since 1796. The last Qajar shah was forced to accept a constitution in 1906, and in 1925 the Pahlavi dynasty began when the legislature called the Majlis removed the sitting shah and replaced him with Reza Shah, who was in turn replaced by the last shah in 1941. Thus Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi was was the legitimate monarch of Iran in 1953.
These are facts, and you cannot argue otherwise. Now here are some other facts for you.
Mosaddegh was never popularly elected to the position of prime minister. His party was voted into power in Iran’s legislative body and he was appointed to the position by Pahlavi.
Mosaddegh was related to the ousted Qajar ruler and was actually the one trying to stage a coup. He illegally tried to stage an election to reduce the shah to a figurehead, and then tried to dissolve the Majlis. Did your linked source mention that?
I find it funny that you went to the effort of writing the fact that the shah left the country in bold letters. He certainly did that, but as I wrote, he never abdicated, nor was he removed from power.
If you want a little more balanced history of what actually happened, you might wanna watch this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIQD5bYqJM&ra=m
So Mossy was on his way out, at the hands of his fellow Iranians, and soon. The only question was how he would be replaced: a more authoritarian Shah, a military Junta, or a Communist takeover. Everyone in Iran understood the choice, and the stakes. To the extent, if any, Kermit affected the choice of who replaced Mossy, he saved Iran from rule by a Persian Saddam Hussein, or joining the Communist Bloc.
Nope.
The pre-revolution flag was inspired by ancient Iranian/Persian history, not by the CIA/MI6.
Your allegation is just ignorant. Your conspiracy mind is making you dumb.
That ban seems poorly worded since all national flags are of a political nature
Conspiracy?
So, you're stating Operation Ajax didn't happen. Nice.
Everyone in Iran understood? Wow. Good to know.
As for "saving" them, yeah that term is regularly used to justify a coup.
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