Anti-regime Iranians celebrate World Cup exit to US in solidarity with protests

Footage shows fireworks and cheering across Iran and at Qatar stadium after team representing Islamic Republic lost 1-0Some Iranians have celebrated their team’s loss to the US and subsequent exit from the World Cup, as demonstrations against the government’s treatment of protesters took place inside and outside the stadium in Qatar and across Iran. The contest between the Iranian and American sides, whose countries severed diplomatic ties more than 40 years ago, took place under inc