Iranian Americans protest for change outside Iran's World Cup match, in photos

Pre-revolutionary Iranian flags stand during a protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People unfurl a large Pre-revolutionary Iranian flag during a protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026 (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026 (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

A protester holds a sign with a noose outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026 (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People unfurl a large Pre-revolutionary Iranian flag during a protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People wave pre-revolutionary Iranian flags during a protest outside Los Angeles Stadium before the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

People watch a FIFA World Cup match between Iran and New Zealand, in North Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, June 15, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

New Zealand supporters react as they watch the World Cup soccer match between New Zealand and Iran, in a bar in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

A crowd, some waving Egyptian flags, watches the Egypt-Belgium World Cup match on a giant screen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Fans celebrate after Egypt scored the first goal as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Egypt and Belgium at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 15, 2026. Background graffiti shows Egyptian soccer star, Mohamed Salah. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Fans celebrate after Egypt scored the first goal as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Egypt and Belgium at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 15, 2026. Background a graffiti shows Egypt soccer star Mohamed Salah. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Soccer fans celebrate as Japan scored the second goal against Netherlands during a public viewing of the World Cup soccer match in Tokyo early Monday, June 15, 2026. (Motoshi Ogura/Kyodo News via AP)

A fan reacts as he watches a broadcast of the World Cup Group H soccer match between Cape Verde and Spain at a viewing center in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Queila Fernandes)

Fans watch the World Cup soccer match between Germany and Curacao, in the inner courtyard of the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People gather to watch live in a giant screen the World Cup Group D soccer match between Australia and Turkey, at the historic Yedikule fortress in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Fans attend a World Cup watch party for the match between Scotland and Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A rider watches a live broadcast of the World Cup Group D soccer match between Australia and Turkey via his smartphone clipped on his e-bike while riding on a street in Beijing, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Fans attend a World Cup watch party for the match between Scotland and Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitian fans watch the match between Scotland and Haiti from up in a tree during a World Cup viewing party in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Soccer fans cheer as Pitbull performs between World Cup matches, at a public watch party at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Morocco fans cheer on their team during a public watch party for the World Cup Group C soccer match between Brazil and Morocco, at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, Saturday, June 13, 2026. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Fans celebrate a goal scored by Brazil against Morocco during a World Cup watch party at a housing occupation run by the Homeless Workers Movement, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

A Brazil fan poses before watching the World Cup match between Brazil and Morocco at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Morocco fans celebrate after a goal scored by their national team in the World Cup Group C soccer match against Brazil, in Moulay Hassan stadium, Rabat, Morocco, Monday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo)

Fans gather at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami for a public watch party for the World Cup Group C soccer match between Brazil and Morocco, in Miami, Saturday, June 13, 2026. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Brazil's fans sing while watching the FIFA World Cup Group C match between Brazil and Morocco during a public watch party in Central Park, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

People watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Mexico and South Africa, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Khaled)

Paraguay fans watch the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Paraguay in Asuncion, Paraguay Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Chase Speed, center, celebrates at watch party, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after Canada scored a goal in the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Kaleb Tatum)

Bosnian fans react at a fan festival, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

A girl dressed in Bosnian national soccer team colours plays with the pigeons in the old part of Sarajevo ahead of the soccer match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Canada and Bosnia, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Bosnian fans celebrate at a fan festival, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, after Bosnia scored the opening goal as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Bosnian fans celebrate at a fan festival, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, after Bosnia scored the opening goal as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

A man with a Bosnian scarf cheers at a fan zone before watching a broadcast of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia Friday, June 12, 2026, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

South Korean soccer fans react as they watch a live broadcasting of the Group A World Cup soccer match between South Korea and Czechia in Mexico, at a public viewing venue in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Members of the Mariachi Mexicanisimo de Fort Worth play a celebratory tune as a large screen shows a replay of Mexico's Julian Quinones scoring his side's first goal on South Africa during the opening match of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, Thursday, June 11, 2026, as supporters gathered for a watch party in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Mexico fans watch a public viewing of the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa in San Francisco, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on the National Mall, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

A group of fans use a Mexican flag for shade as they watch the opening World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa on beachfront big screens, in Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday, June 11, 2026. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa at a coffee shop in Aden, Yemen, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

Mexico fans celebrate their team's first goal against South Africa as they watch a public viewing of the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa in San Francisco, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A soccer fan watches the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on his phone in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Soccer fans celebrate during the opening of the Damascus World Cup Festival, a public fan zone featuring giant screens for World Cup match broadcasts, at the Damascus Fairgrounds in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Fans watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on the National Mall, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Fans react as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Mexico and South Africa, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Khaled)

Supporters of Mexico sing the national anthem before the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa, Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

A Mexico fan is tossed into the air in celebration at a fan festival while waiting to watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sydney Shankman)

Jesus Vasquez Martinez reacts with others after Mexico's Julian Quinones scored his side's first goal on South Africa during the opening match of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, Thursday, June 11, 2026, as supporters gathered for a watch party in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A family watches a world cup opening soccer match, in Vereeniging, South Africa, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Fans celebrate a goal by Mexico while watching a live broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and South Africa at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)