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Protesters supporting and opposing the Iranian government clashed at a World Cup match on Friday as protests continue in the Middle Eastern country over the death of a woman in police custody in September.
Stadium security took flags and T-shirts supporting the protest movement and stopped other attendees from bringing Persian pre-revolutionary flags to Iran’s match against Wales in Qatar, its second of the World Cup tournament.
Pro-government fans also ripped flags out of the hands of protesters and shouted at fans wearing shirts with the slogan of the protest movement, “Woman, Life, Freedom.”
Protests have continued in Iran for the past two months after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s morality police after she was detained for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly.
