Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics
By James M. Dorsey
Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes.
Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for the third consecutive time for the World Cup after beating Iraq 1:0 last week.
It wasn’t just men celebrating. It was men and women mingling freely in a Tehran square.
That was after men and women, albeit segregated, egge…
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