Twitxy Saved

The Foreign Desk

Verified account This account is verified. Learn more

@ForeignDeskNews

Where #ForeignPolicy & good #Journalism meet. Editor-in-Chief @LisaDaftari
foreigndesknews.com Joined April 2015
183 Following 5.3K Followers 34K Posts

Latest posts 5

The Foreign Desk Verified account @ForeignDeskNews
FIFA security filmed confiscating pre-revolutionary Iranian flags from Iranian American attendees at SoFi Stadium.

FIFA banned the Lion and Sun flag from World Cup venues. Iranian American groups appealed the decision and pursued legal action seeking a restraining order. Both efforts were denied.

Iranians gathered outside the stadium to protest FIFA siding with the Islamic Republic over Iranian Americans seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights on US soil.
1:25
100 replies 325 reposts 1.3K likes 154K views View on X
The Foreign Desk Verified account @ForeignDeskNews
Live outside SoFi Stadium.

Iranian Americans chanting “King Reza Pahlavi,” “Death to the Islamic Republic,” “Terrorist!”

A sea of Lion and Sun flags defying FIFA’s ban on the historic Iranian flag.

Persian speakers, forgive the profanity. Brief altercation at 0:39.
1:14
2 replies 11 reposts 28 likes 1.9K views View on X
The Foreign Desk Verified account @ForeignDeskNews
Lisa’s latest piece on the regime’s ongoing internet blackout - @nypost @capostopinion @californiapost
Lisa Daftari Verified account @LisaDaftari Apr 29
For 55 days, the Iranian regime has kept 92 million people offline — the longest nationwide internet shutdown ever — to hide the war it’s fighting against its own citizens.

Please share my latest for @nypost:

nypost.com/2026/04/29/opi…
View quoted post on X