FIFA's desire to keep out the Lion and Sun flag was strong enough that security guards were instructed to check any flag they saw.

Here's what you need to know about the Iran Lion and Sun flag, which FIFA outlawed at games during the 2026 World Cup.

Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, updated the Iranian flag emoticon used on its website to feature Iran’s pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag, early Saturday morning, as ...

Iranian fans defied FIFA's ban by flooding SoFi Stadium with Lion-and-Sun flags during the scoreless World Cup draw against Belgium on Sunday.

Amid rising anti-government protests in Iran, social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has reportedly made a symbolic but politically loaded change: replacing the Islamic Republic’s official flag ...

Iran's World Cup campaign has been shadowed by the deep division between the Iranian people and the regime that rules them. It's a divide that has played out through a row over a flag: not the one on ...

Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, responded to a user's request to update the emoticon on Friday, with "Give me a few hours" before the update went into effect early on Saturday. Social media ...