The U.S. is advancing to the next round of the World Cup thanks to a 1-0 win over Iran. The match was built up mostly because of the politics surrounding it. Iran was very upset over a social media post from the U.S. Soccer Federation. Of course, there have been the recent protests in Iran that the Iranian government has said were stirred up by the U.S. Aaron David Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a former State Department Middle East analyst and CNN Global Affairs Analyst.