@podlonggame: "We're saying it's fine, go ahead and compete. And yet we're penalizing them in all sorts of ways for entering the competition." Franklin Foer on the controversy surrounding Iran's participation in the World Cup and what it reveals about the complicated relationship between sports and diplomacy.
The issue isn’t the players or coaches it’s that the Iranian team travels with IRGC officials everywhere they go. Like the ones they sent to Australia to essentially kidnap their women’s players back after they tried to defect.
2026-06-16 16:04:58
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