The Age · Sport / Soccer

‘I came to see them lose’: The divided nature of being an Iran fan at the World Cup

· By Nick Ralston
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Los Angeles: They proudly wore T-shirts of defiance, smuggled banned flags in their pants and spent many hundreds of dollars to boo, jeer and whistle over the top of the national anthem.

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