Iran calls for USMNT to be kicked out the World Cup for 'removing the name of God'

Iran has called for the US national team to be banned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar for altering the nation's flag.

The Iranian request comes after the United States soccer federation published an image of Iran's national flag without the emblem of the Islamic Republic that is displayed in the middle of its official flag.

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"Team USA should be kicked out of World Cup 2022," the Irani state-affiliated Tasnim News Agency tweeted two days after the USA drew 0-0 with England

"By posting a distorted image of the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its official account, the US football team breached the FIFA charter, for which a 10-game suspension is the appropriate penalty."

Does Iran have a case for the USMNT's expulsion?

Safia Allah Faghanpour, legal advisor to the Iranian Football Federation, explained the situation on ESPN.

"Measures taken regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran flag are against international law and morality, and we'll pursue this through FIFA's morality committee," Safia Allah Faghanpour said.

"They must be held responsible. Obviously they want to affect Iran's performance against the US by doing this.''

Why did the USA alter the Iran flag?

The USSF explained that this was not a mistake and that the Islamic coat of arms was removed from the flag to show its "support for women in Iran fighting for basic human rights".

The political storm between Iran and the United States has broken out ahead of the match between the two teams on 29 November in the third matchday of Group B of the World Cup in Qatar, which will be refereed by Spain's Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

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