Iran Did Not Suspend Players, Coach Says
NY Times / Jack Bell
30-Jun-2009 (13 comments)

Afshin Ghotbi, the coach of Iran’s national team, said that the country’s soccer officials had taken no action against players who wore green wristbands in a recent World Cup game in solidarity with a presidential candidate who was disputing the results of the June 12 election.

“The stories on the players are false and rumors,” Ghotbi said Friday in an e-mail message. “The I.F.F. has not taken any official stand on this issue. We only saw the story in the international media.”

Ghotbi, who holds dual United States and Iranian citizenship after immigrating to the United States with his family in his early teens, was referring to the Iranian Football Federation.

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anonymous fish

oooook

by anonymous fish on Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:08 AM PDT

the release of Iranian diplomats was only... and I repeat ONLY... beause it was part of the ORIGINAL agreement under which the US would leave Iraq.  It has absolutely jack shit to do with appeasing the IRI. 

Quote, unquote:  Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, said the diplomats would be released under the terms of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which requires the US military to deliver more than 1500 prisoners, including the non-Iraqi nationals, to the Baghdad government.


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Jaleho

To speed up negotiation with Iran, US finally

by Jaleho on Wed Jul 01, 2009 06:14 PM PDT

 releases the Iranian diplomats. The very thorny issue of Iranian diplomats abducted by US in Iraq is coming to an end:

"Mohsen Hakim, the Tehran representative of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, has announced that the Iranian diplomats would be handed to the Iraqi government on Tuesday.

The Iranian diplomats were mostly abducted when US forces raided the Iranian consulate office in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil. "

//www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=99404&sectionid=351020101


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Farhad Kashani

Anonymous fish and t and

by Farhad Kashani on Wed Jul 01, 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Anonymous fish and t and Payam , agreed guys.

 

Assal B, I’m glad that you say that.

 

Anonynous7, I see that you were sticking you head in the sand the last few days since the regime you defended so passionately was exposed forever. Remember how you used to defend it? Well, its legitimacy has been shattered forever, and the beginning of the end for it has started. So a big BEELAKH to you, to put it mildly. If you truly have any sense of decency, the least you can do, is to admit you were wrong, as I know a few who bravely actually came out and said so. I won’t hold my breath though.

 

If I were in your position supporting a Fascist regime like this, I would not be able to live with myself. But I guess in order to be an IRI supporter; you need to get rid of any sense of decency, shame and humanity you have.

  


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anonymous fish

Watch the US speed up negotiation with Ahmadinejad since they HA

by anonymous fish on Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:53 AM PDT

Oh god.  Priceless....LOL.  Can you say "delusional"?


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Ananymous 7

by KouroshS on Wed Jul 01, 2009 08:39 AM PDT

 

I missed you pal. Keifi yakhchidi? where have you been? have you been posting under a different ID?...It felt so weird not having you arond for a while...Glad to see that you have been back from your vacation and are ready to start another round of fire:)

 


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Jaleho

Thanks for News; NOT PROPAGANDA

by Jaleho on Wed Jul 01, 2009 06:19 AM PDT

I liked in particular this link from you. It is refreshing to hear some articles of reality among the massive flood of propagand  by the western media. It is interesting to see the west backtrack quickly all that propaganda now that it failed, because they HAVE TO AND WILL QUICKLY DEAL WITH REALITY, not the failed propaganda.

//iranian.com/main/news/2009/06/29/us-likely-source-interference-irans-election

Watch the US speed up negotiation with Ahmadinejad since they HAVE TO!


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پیام

خدا وندا

پیام
Wed Jul 01, 2009 03:33 AM PDT


، ما را از بلای این ابلهان دور به فرما. کی‌ این حمقای خاعن به منافع ایران را ریشه کن می‌کنید خدایا؟ خدوندا، عقلی به این‌ها و آزادی از امسال اینها را به ایرانیان عنایت بفرما.

 


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Kashani

by Anonym7 (not verified) on Tue Jun 30, 2009 05:13 PM PDT

Kashani, How is AIPAC doing these days? I thought they had sent you to Iran?


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Ghotbi speaks the truth.

by Assal B. (not verified) on Tue Jun 30, 2009 03:23 PM PDT

Can we stop making every issue into a conspiracy?

If the players were suspended for life, believe me, Ali Karimi would be speaking up about it.


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Add to the list of false news

by t (not verified) on Tue Jun 30, 2009 02:23 PM PDT

To follow-up on Farhad Kashani's post,you need to add the fraudulent elections to your list of false news !


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anonymous fish

for heavens sake!

by anonymous fish on Tue Jun 30, 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Would any rationale human being expect him to say otherwise?  As if THIS is not propagandist bullshit from the IRI but everything else is?   So.  when the IRI says something... anything... it's a fact.  And we're supposed to believe it.  Oh god.  What next?


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Farhad Kashani

Shah Gholam,  

by Farhad Kashani on Tue Jun 30, 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Shah Gholam,

 

Everything about IRI has been “false news”. 30 years of rape, murder, torture, imprisonment of our people has been “false news”. Khamenei’s brutal dictatorship has been “false news”. People’s heroic uprising against tyranny and oppression is all “false news”. Neda was “false news”.

 

Well , let me tell you “real news”, the beginning of the end has started for IRI regime. You can try as hard as you can to perpetuate moronic propaganda, but that will not save IRIs sinking ship.

 

Keep trying.


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پیام

باز تو پیدات شد شاه غلام

پیام
Tue Jun 30, 2009 01:10 PM PDT


برو جائ دیگه این شرو ور‌های پرو اخوندی رو به نمیأش بذار.

 


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