Bahrain and Iran battle on and off the soccer pitch

By James M. Dorsey
Bahrain scored from its perspective well on and off the pitch in its second, politically laden 2014 World Cup qualifier.
For starters, the 1:1 draw keeps Bahrain in the race to play in the finals in Brazil in three years’ time. The draw was a far better performance than the 6:0 thrashing Iran meted out to Bahrain at their first encounte…