Few fixtures in World Cup history have carried as much political weight as Iran vs USA, and with a possible rematch on the cards in 2026, memories of that night in 1998 are resurfacing. Decades of ...
A growing divide between fans and team, coupled with economic hardship and war, has dampened the mood Abbas Kiarostami, the late Iranian director, made a film called Life, and Nothing More …, set ...
Within weeks, the two countries were at war. The fighting lasted just over four days, and more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed. While sports had little to do with the conflict, the ...