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A Recurring Theme
Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Mon May 08, 2006 at 11:46:02 PM EST
I have in the past characterized the Islamic regime in Iran as being filled with busybodies. Here is yet another bit of justification for the epithet:
Iran's women will be barred from attending soccer games, a reversal by the president that comes a month before the national team plays in the World Cup.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had ruled in April that he would allow women to go to soccer games and sit in a separate section of the stands. He wanted to "improve soccer-watching manners and promote a healthy atmosphere."
But Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - who under the Islamic Republic's constitution has the final say - opposed the move.
"The president has decided to revise his decision based on the supreme leader's opinion," Iranian government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Monday.
What stirring statecraft. What consequential decision-making.
What waves of nausea . . .
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