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Iran's soccer team honors victims of deadly missile strike on elementary school

ANTALYA, Turkey(AP) — Players held small backpacks as Iran's national soccer team used a match against Nigeria on Friday to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school.
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Iranian American soccer fans torn between pride and protest as World Cup nears

With Iran qualifying for the World Cup, Arad Ershad had visions of splurging on flights and tickets to attend one of the team’s upcoming first-round matches in Los Angeles. That changed when Ershad, ...

Replacing Iran with Italy at the World Cup probably won’t happen. The suggestion alone is still embarrassing

Qualifying for the World Cup, the world’s biggest sporting spectacle, is borderline sacred. A suggestion from a Trump envoy ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Iranian American soccer fans are torn between pride and protest as the World Cup nears

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — With Iran qualifying for the World Cup, Arad Ershad had visions of ...

Iran welcome at World Cup but U.S. warns ‘terrorists pretending to be journalists’ will be banned

U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli said this week that four-time winners Italy “have the pedigree” to replace Iran at the ...