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- Judge Curtis A. Kin upheld FIFA’s ban on the pre-revolutionary Iran flag at the Los Angeles World Cup match.
- The Institute for Voice of Liberty and fan Sam Kermanian sued in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday.
- Kin said the ban protects about 2,500 staff because FIFA’s stadium code labels the flag political.
- Supporters displayed the flag at the Qatar-Switzerland match at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Saturday.