Iran Denies Visas for U.S. Women's Badminton Team
Washington Post
05-Feb-2009 (3 comments)

TEHRAN, Feb. 4 -- Iran did not issue visas for a group of U.S. female badminton players it had invited to compete in the country in events starting Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, citing the "time-consuming process" of handling such applications. "They will not participate in the competition," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said during his weekly news conference. The Iranian Badminton Federation, a part of Iran's Physical Education Organization, which is headed by Vice President Mohammad Aliabadi, had invited the eight players, along with four coaches and managers, to participate in a tournament during celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. "We are disappointed and hope the Americans will forgive us," said Zahra Tayyebin, head of the Badminton Federation's public relations office. "

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And so it goes in a dictatorship...

by Monbois (not verified) on Fri Feb 06, 2009 09:59 AM PST

What do you expect from a corrupt dictatorship where the so-called "president" is a nothing more than another brutal Saddam Hussein with a GQ smile? The Iranian people really need to rise up and overthrow the government and hang Herr President and all the cold-blooded ayatolahs by the neck until dead.


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Good

by Anonymous111 (not verified) on Fri Feb 06, 2009 09:09 AM PST

Badminton is boring anyway....


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That was really bad

by Abarmard on Thu Feb 05, 2009 09:25 AM PST

Really shameful act by the Iranian government to have done this act. They should have expedite the visas for the sports women.


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