The news conference before the US-Iran match took a surreal turn.
soccer match Tuesday with tournament survival on the line ― but Iranian reporters were determined to go further afield at a news conference a day earlier. AdvertisementA journalist reprimanded US team captain Tyler Adams for mispronouncing Iran, and then asked him if it was “OK” for him to represent a country that discriminates against Black people.
Adams, who is Black, apologised for incorrectly saying “Eye-Ran” instead of “Eeh-Rahn,” and scored diplomatic points with his response about racism. Tyler Adams mispronounced Iran and was called out by an Iranian journalist - who followed up with a question on discrimination in the United States.
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