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Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Tehran (and other concerns)

How sporting spirit can defeat politics and prejudice, even in Iran, and what this has to do with Israel.

THE Iran team poses for a photo in 2015. Front row L to R: Ehsan Hajsafi, Morteza Pouraliganji, Vouria Ghafouri, Ashkan Dejagah and Mehrdad Pooladi. Back row L to R: Goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi, Sardar Azmoun, Masoud Shojaei, Andranik Teymourian, Seyed Jalal Hosseini and Javad Nekounam.
THE Iran team poses for a photo in 2015. Front row L to R: Ehsan Hajsafi, Morteza Pouraliganji, Vouria Ghafouri, Ashkan Dejagah and Mehrdad Pooladi. Back row L to R: Goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi, Sardar Azmoun, Masoud Shojaei, Andranik Teymourian, Seyed Jalal Hosseini and Javad Nekounam.
(photo credit: JASON REED/REUTERS)
ByURI LEVI
AUGUST 23, 2017 19:10
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