'It's complicated': Mixed emotions for fans as Iran and US meet
Los Angeles (AFP) - It was -- mostly -- about the football for fans watching the Iran-USA game in the United States on Tuesday, a match played against the backdrop of soaring geopolitical tensions, which occasionally poked their way through the sport. Scores of supporters packed a restaurant in a part of Los Angeles known locally as "Tehrangeles" because of the large number of Iranians and Iranian-Americans in the area, cheering their way through a lively meet-up happening half a world away. Chants of "USA, USA" erupted periodically as the US men's team dominated action on the pitch in Qatar, ...