Steve Futterman
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Some people of Iranian descent were for Iran.
Others who say the national team is a puppet of the government were for New Zealand.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the World Cup in Los Angeles.
This was a match full of emotions and sometimes very conflicted emotions.
Before the match, several hundred people gathered outside the stadium here opposing and protesting the current Islamic Iranian government.
They were urging people not to go inside.
Inside the stadium, the vast majority of fans were people of Iranian descent.
But even there, the conflicted emotions continued.
When the national team of Iran came onto the field, there were loud cheers.
But when the Iranian national anthem was played, there were lots of boos and jeers, along with some cheers.
And during the match itself, the conflicts continued.
Some people of Iranian descent were for Iran.
Others who say the national team is a puppet of the government were for New Zealand.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the World Cup in Los Angeles.
The team arrived here yesterday from its training base in Tijuana, Mexico.
There was tight security as the players and coaches boarded a bus to take them to their hotel.
At a news conference, the Iranian coach Amir Galanoui, through a FIFA interpreter, tried to play down any suggestion that the match has political overtones.
LA has the largest population of Iranian descent outside of Iran itself.
Many are against the team taking part in the World Cup, claiming the players are being used as a propaganda tool by the Iranian Islamic regime.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
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