US EditionEgypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup ‘Pride’ match in Seattle
Seattle plans LGBTQ+ celebrations during the June 26 World Cup match between Egypt and Iran, despite objections citing cultural and legal conflicts from both nations' football associations.
- On June 26 the Seattle-hosted Group G match at Lumen Field will be the World Cup's first `Pride Match`, featuring Egypt national team and Iran national team.
- Seattle organisers say the Pride Match programming was planned well before teams were assigned and organised by SeattleFWC26 independent of FIFA to celebrate Washington state Pride events and create lasting cultural impacts.
- Mehdi Taj, head of Iran's Football Federation, said Tehran and Cairo raised objections and called the branding an `irrational move`; Iranian state television said Tehran would `appeal` to FIFA and the Egyptian Football Association wrote to FIFA rejecting activities supporting homosexuality during the match.
- Seattle PrideFest, which attracts over 200,000 participants, will follow the match on 27 and 28 June, with community programming and art displays proceeding as planned, says Seattle PrideMatch Advisory Committee.
- FIFA faces renewed scrutiny after the Pride Match, as Egypt and Iran criminalize same-sex relations and Iran can impose the death penalty, challenging FIFA's neutrality and anti-discrimination rules.
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Sporting officials in Egypt and Iran, two countries where homosexuality is severely punished, protested after being drawn to play the “Pride Match” in Seattle during next year’s World Cup. Seattle’s plan to designate the June 26 game as a Pride Match, as it coincides with the city’s Pride weekend, was made before World Cup matchups were drawn last week. The event Friday at the Kennedy Center, attended by President Donald Trump, sorted the teams …
Seattle intends to make this "pride match" a symbol of inclusion and diversity during the competition, despite the strong opposition of the federations of both countries.
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