Between Missiles and Stadiums
Sanctions, frozen assets and football reveal the new face of a conflict suspended between war and peace
While diplomats debate sanctions, military commanders monitor radar screens and negotiators calculate billions of dollars in frozen assets, Iran’s national football team has arrived in Mexico for the World Cup. Within days, its players will take the field in the United States, a country that remains in active conflict with their government. The image feels improbable, yet it captures the current crisis with remarkable precision.
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