Iran decries FIFA ban as insult to Muslims
Iran Monday condemned world soccer body FIFA’s decision to ban the Islamic republic’s women’s team from playing a 2012 Olympics qualifier in Jordan because of the players' Islamic outfits as an 'insult to all Muslims.'
Iran’s state-controlled Mehr news agency quoted the deputy head of the Iranian Football Federation, Farideh Shojaei, as saying that “the…
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