I just finished watching the medal ceremony and I still can't wrap my mind around it. Iran wins the Bronze medal in Men's Hockey at the Vancouver Olympics?! Canada Gold, USA Silver, that gives me a link to reality. But Iran Bronze?! I mean, by now the world accepts that Iran is a hockey obsessed nation, but this?
Iran's hockey teams have always done poorly in the Olympics, especially since the revolution in 1978 (or was that 1979?). No Iranian hockey player has ever played on a team in the traditional hockey countries, and no foreigner wants to play in Iran. Sure, there is the occasional international game. I understand the Iranians and the Russians have an annual series now.
Okay, I'll try to get back to the real world by asking other questions. Does this Olympic success mean anything in the current impasse over the Iranian nuclear program? Will this lead to a thaw in US-Iranian relations? (pun not intended but welcome)
Iran's hockey teams have always done poorly in the Olympics, especially since the revolution in 1978 (or was that 1979?). No Iranian hockey player has ever played on a team in the traditional hockey countries, and no foreigner wants to play in Iran. Sure, there is the occasional international game. I understand the Iranians and the Russians have an annual series now.
Okay, I'll try to get back to the real world by asking other questions. Does this Olympic success mean anything in the current impasse over the Iranian nuclear program? Will this lead to a thaw in US-Iranian relations? (pun not intended but welcome)