Israel Recognizes the Armenian Genocide for the Wrong Reasons
Imagine if the Holocaust were treated thus?
June 30, 2026
The game has long had political significance.
Despite the very uneasy truce between the two counties, the U.S allowed Iran’s soccer team to come to its soil to play in the World Cup. On Saturday, the team was eliminated after twice just barely staying in the competition. Shay Khatiri explains the political salience of the game within Iran, and why many Iranians haven’t been cheering for their team this year:
Imagine if the Holocaust were treated thus?
But the solution must be political as well as military.
The game has long had political significance.
Save national repentance for a different occasion.
Gershom Seixas and the American Revolution.
Despite the very uneasy truce between the two counties, the U.S allowed Iran’s soccer team to come to its soil to play in the World Cup. On Saturday, the team was eliminated after twice just barely staying in the competition. Shay Khatiri explains the political salience of the game within Iran, and why many Iranians haven’t been cheering for their team this year:
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