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Iranian American soccer fans torn over World Cup support amid political turmoil
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Arad Ershad, a New York graduate student who grew up in Tehran, once dreamt of splurging on flights and tickets to watch Iran’s national football team compete in the World Cup. However, his enthusiasm waned after witnessing many of the players he had idolized since childhood remain silent during the theocratic leadership’s deadly crackdown on protesters in January."It feels so bad that I do not want them to succeed. They were like my icons, my legends," he lamented during a recent pick
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