{"id":361052,"date":"2026-06-15T05:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361052\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:07:30","slug":"protesters-heckle-iranian-team-ahead-of-world-cup-game-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361052\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters Heckle Iranian Team Ahead of World Cup Game in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protesters heckled the Iranian soccer team as their bus drove through Los Angeles County on Sunday, June 14, ahead of their <a data-ylk=\"slk:upcoming World Cup game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/match-centre\/match\/17\/285023\/289273\/400021476\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming World Cup game<\/a> against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage captured by @JoeBruin_Galaxy shows demonstrators shouting as the Iranian team&#8217;s bus drove through El Segundo en route to Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, where <a data-ylk=\"slk:the squad was training;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/item\/fifa-world-cup-2026-iran-training\/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1VQMUVNNkYwNjc4VEc?lastViewed=dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1VQMUVNNkYwQTRHWDg&amp;position=5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the squad was training<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This team does not represent Iran and Iranian people. They represent the terrorist regime in Iran,&#8221; a sign reads. Protesters are heard repeatedly shouting &#8220;Shame on you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Iran will face New Zealand at Los Angeles Stadium on Monday, where <a data-ylk=\"slk:more protests;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/iranian-americans-to-protest-world-cup-game-in-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">more protests<\/a> are expected. Credit: @JoeBruin_Galaxy via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters heckled the Iranian soccer team as their bus drove through Los Angeles County on Sunday, June 14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[19378,66770,146848,136977,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,143148],"class_list":["post-361052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-iran","tag-iranian-people","tag-iranian-soccer-team","tag-iranian-team","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}