Iran minister cheers US, England, France cup defeats
AFP
30-Jun-2010 (one comment)

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said the United States, England and France deserved to be eliminated in the World Cup for imposing nuclear sanctions on Tehran, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

"In this World Cup you see a meaningful correlation between politics and diplomacy and football," Mottaki was quoted as saying by Tehran Emrouz newspaper.

"Those who played a key role in new sanctions against Iran such as America, England and France were eliminated in the early stages and some countries that were somehow involved in sanctions did not get into higher rounds," he said.

Iranians are fervent football enthusiasts but their national team did not qualify for this year's World Cup in South Africa.

In a US-led move the UN Security Council this month adopted a fourth set of sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, which world powers fear is masking a covert weapons drive despite Iran's denial.

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IRI's logic

by IranFirst on Wed Jun 30, 2010 09:50 PM PDT

This idiot is the Foreign Minister and has IQ of a rock. What does his logic say about the Iranian team that did not even qualify (not the team's fault, another IRI mismanagement)


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