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Following the match, Iraq's head coach, Jesús Casas, expressed his disappointment with the red card decision, calling it harsh.
The US also helped repatriate six Canadians, four Dutch citizens, and a child from Finland back to those countries, a State Department spokesperson said.
Many Iraqi fans claim the Iranian-Australian referee Alireza Faghani's decision to send off striker Aymen Hussein came from a 'historical hatred' of Iraq.
The latest violent altercation in Turkish football was between players from Bursaspor and Diyarbakirspor, two teams with a history of ethnically fuelled tension
Gaza remains a cause for football supporters across the world, with fans from Scotland to Indonesia continuing to show solidarity with Palestinians.
The Twitter account of the US men's team on Sunday displayed a banner with the squad's matches in the group stage, with the Iranian flag only bearing its green, white and red colours.
Yahya Golmohammadi, coach of Persepolis FC, was questioned along with two former reformist lawmakers about 'the publication of non-documented or offensive content', the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
During the World Cup, Iran's football team has been variously perceived as refusing to speak out against the repressive Iranian government, as supporting the protestors, or somewhere in between.
Pro-government media in Iran has blamed the country's protests on Iran's loss against England on Monday.
Iran's World Cup players chose not to sing their national anthem in apparent support for anti-government protesters.