Official Iran National Football Team Page Reacts to US Homeland Security Secretary's Remarks

Belgium's national football team advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals with a decisive 4-1 victory over the United States national team and will face Spain. This result ended the United States' dream of reaching this stage of the World Cup. Following this event, the official page of Iran's national football team responded to statements made by the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.

• Belgium's national football team eliminated the United States with a decisive 4-1 victory.
• After eliminating the United States, Belgium advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals and became Spain's opponent.
• This result ended the United States' dream—one of the joint host nations of the World Cup—of reaching the quarterfinals.
• The official page of Iran's national football team responded to statements made by the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.
• The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security had previously stated, after Iran's elimination from the World Cup, that he danced with joy.
• The official page of Iran's national football team described the statements of the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security as "absurd."
• This World Cup also had a bitter ending for Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal's national team.. Coverage difference: "Latest News" emphasized Iran's national football team's response to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security's statements and the United States' defeat to Belgium. By contrast, "Radio Farda" focused on the Belgium-United States match result, Belgium's advancement to the next stage, and the end of Ronaldo and Portugal's campaign, and made no reference to Iran's national team's response.