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sports El Sudcaliforniano 2026-05-15

Football Diplomacy: Iran & US Forge Symbolic Truce at France '98 World Cup

The 1998 World Cup match between Iran and the US became a moment of symbolic diplomacy amid high political tensions. Despite Iran eliminating the US, the game demonstrated football's power to unite nations, highlighted by exchanges of white flowers.

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