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Nigeria Compensates Iran for Cancelling Match To Protest Arms Shipment

Nigeria Compensates Iran for Cancelling Match To Protest Arms Shipment

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 23, 2011
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Nigeria has agreed to pay the Iranian football association $250,000 in compensation for its cancellation of a friendly soccer match in Tehran in protest against an alleged Iranian attempt to smuggle weapons to Nigerian opposition groups.

“We have reached a mutual consensus of paying them $250,000. We don’t have any other option in the case,” said Nigeria…

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