Fußball und Diplomatie

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.

Jetzt muss uns Mottaki nur noch erklären was es zu bedeuten hat, dass der Iran sich gar nicht erst für die WM qualifizieren konnte.