According to Omid Habibinia, media researcher & blogger, Iranian football supporters carried different flags [1] based on their political attitudes. The blogger says some carried a flag with the sun and lion which belonged to the pervious regime [2] and used today by Monarchists and Mojahedin of People (two opposition groups). Some of them cheered the team without a emblem [3] or with an ”IRAN” instead of the sign of Allah of the Islamic Republic or that of Monarchist and finally a few of them mostly came from Iran carried Islamic Republic`s flag with the sign of Allah(God).
Iran: Flags, Football & Politics
· Written by Fred Petrossian
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Migration & Immigration, Politics, Sport