The Times of Israel reports: “Iran’s soccer chief said Tuesday that Tehran objected to the ‘irrational’ branding of its World Cup match against Egypt, which local organizers in the US have suggested will be held in support of the LGBTQ community.

The organizing committee in Seattle, Washington, where the match is scheduled to take place next year, had previously announced its intention to hold a ‘Pride Match’ coinciding with the northwestern city’s Pride Weekend in late June.

Following last week’s FIFA tournament draw, Egypt and Iran are now slated to face off in Seattle on June 26, the Friday before Pride Weekend.

The head of Iran’s Football Federation, Mehdi Taj, was quoted by local news agency ISNA as saying that Tehran and Cairo had both raised ‘objections against the issue,’ which he labeled an ‘irrational move that supports a certain group.’

Taj did not mention the specific branding of the fixture…”