Shadow of massacres darkens joy of World Cup match in Seattle for some ^24%

KUOW - By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch - 6/26/2026, 7:24 PM

Negativity Bias 20.1% - Hasty Generalization 18.1% - Framing Effect 16%

At first, Mohammad was thrilled when Iran qualified for the World Cup. What’s more, one of the matches would be in Seattle. “It doesn’t get any better than this,” he remembers thinking. But then he called his father in Iran. “I knew that if I told him I would be the first person in our family ever to attend a World Cup match featuring... more