Ahmadinejad seeks overturn of FIFA ban of Iranian women’s soccer team
Players from Iran's women national soccer team. (File photo)
By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to “seriously confront” world soccer body FIFA’s to ban the Islamic republic’s women's soccer team from wearing religious garb during professional matches.
Mr. Ahmadinejad told a Tehran news conference that he had instru…
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