Iranian Americans are torn between supporting their football team and protesting Tehran’s regime

If Iran playing in the United States when it’s been at war with the host nation wasn’t complex enough, the feelings and atmosphere inside Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium, where tens of…

This was a historic moment in football: a country at war with a host and a population desperate for distraction

Iran's 2-2 World Cup draw with New Zealand exposed diaspora divisions, while US sanctions on Nobitex and FIFA's Kraken partnership highlight crypto's dual

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Some sang the national anthem while others booed. Some waved the current Iranian flag, others the nation's pre-revolutionary banner

The Iranian football team have this week criticised their treatment in the US, with the team's head coach saying they're being 'oppressed' at the World Cup. Iran - one of four…

Iranian Americans are torn between supporting their football team and protesting Tehran’s regime