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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Iran, Still Celebrating Rouhani, Makes it to the World Cup, Too

Iran, where many are still celebrating the election of Hassan Rouhani, beat South Korea 1-0 today to secure itself a place at the 2014 World Cup, adding a football celebration to the political one. (South Korea also qualified.)

UPDATE: Reports crowds are chanting, "Rouhani, Moussavi, we're going to World Cup." 

2 comments:

Al Moxtar said...

Um.. Korea isn't hosting the WC in 2014, that would be Brazil.

Michael Collins Dunn said...

Oops. Fixed.