A litmus test for Iran on the world stage: sports and air transport
Category: SPORTS
Sports and air transport are likely to serve as indicators of whether Iran has the flexibility to become a major node in an increasingly globalized world. At the core of Iranian efforts to become a global sports and airline hub will be its willingness to relax strict gender segregation, dress codes and its ban on alcohol.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2016-02-07