'The Curse Of The Iranian People Afflicted Brazil'
RFERL
04-Jul-2010 (2 comments)

The elimination of Brazil from the World Cup was met with expressions of joy and sarcasm by some members of Iran’s opposition movement. They used the occasion to poke fun at Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki, who had said earlier this week that the United States, France, and England were eliminated from the World Cup for imposing sanctions on Iran over its sensitive nuclear activities.

"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," he said. "And some countries that were somehow involved in sanctions did not get into higher rounds.”


In reaction to Motaki's comments, blogger “kelk” wrote:

Since the U.S. and England were eliminated because of their vote in support of sanctions, then Brazil, the most glorious of the football teams, was eliminated because of its vote against the sanctions, right!

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You are right yolanda

by IranFirst on Tue Jul 06, 2010 02:25 AM PDT

Well said. I like your analysis


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by yolanda on Mon Jul 05, 2010 08:55 PM PDT

Motaki said,"Those who played a key role in new sanctions against Iran, such as America, England, and France, were eliminated in the early stages,"

My comment is that,"Those who played a key role in the rigged presidential election, such as IRI, was eliminated in the World Cup qualifying games........and those countries that jumped on to congratulate AN for being 'elected" did not qualify for World Cup either, such as Venezuela, Russia, and China!"


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