Ethnic Tensions Spill Onto Iranian Soccer Pitches
Category: SPORTS
Against a backdrop of the violent redrawing of the map of the Middle East as minorities assert their rights, rebels challenge the existing order, and militant Islamists seek to carve up the post-colonial order, Iranian soccer pitches are signalling that the Islamic republic is not totally immune to the region's upheaval.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2015-05-16