Seattle plans pride match at soccer world cup, infuriating iran and egypt the two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day. Egypt and iran, two middle east nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to fifa over a world cup soccer match in seattle that is expected to celebrate lgbtq+ pride. Iran and egypt have filed formal protests with fifa after seattle designated their upcoming game at the 2026 world cup as a “pride match” to align with the city’s annual pride weekend The organisation behind the lgbtq+ pride match at the 2026 world cup say they intend to push forward with their plans despite one of the teams involved objecting to fifa.
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