I hope Iran wins tomorrow, just to see the copium that would ensue. Every global sporting event I see this story about some sports team, sometimes it’s Iran, sometimes it is North Korea, etc…
The other story I have seen is that the Iran team doesn’t actually like the “regime”. One of the biggest and most annoying liberal tropes is that the people of country x, believe what they do. Yeah, the people of Iran want Exxon to have their oil for free.
Not the reporter’s fault; the source was anonymous because it was wearing a klansman’s hood.