According to MSNBC both Russian and American officials forbid Anousheh Ansari from wearing both an American and Iranian flag, and American officials didn't even want Iranian colors on her patch.
"If the claims that U.S. officials want Ansari to strike those colors from her patch are true, 'it's the stupidest damn thing I've ever heard,' said Rick Tumlinson, co-founder of the Space Frontier Foundation:
'We're missing a tremendous opportunity to deliver a message to the real Iranian people,' he told me. 'She should wear the Iran flag on her suit, and our people should be proclaiming the fact that an Iranian woman, oppressed in her own country, can come here and make a fortune and spend it by pursuing her dream, enabled by an American company working with the Russians to fly her in space.'"
Good point. After all, in a clash of ideologies we could hardly find a better spokesperson for the advantages of our society.
By the way, Anousheh ended up wearing an American flag, however her mission patch incorporates both flags in its design.
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Done! I've also added a photo of the patch in question.
We aims to please Michael.
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