Argentine football icon Diego Maradona plans to visit Iran two years after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed him as "His Excellency" for his support of the Islamic republic, a report said on Saturday.
"Maradona showed interest in visiting Iran some two years ago, but due to his engagement as Argentina's coach, he could not come," the ILNA news agency quoted the head of Iran's football federation Ali Kafashian as saying.
"But recently some people who were arranging his visit said that they are on it and we said fine and so the necessary paperwork has started." More...
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"Maradona showed interest in visiting Iran some two years ago, but due to his engagement as Argentina's coach, he could not come," the ILNA news agency quoted the head of Iran's football federation Ali Kafashian as saying.
"But recently some people who were arranging his visit said that they are on it and we said fine and so the necessary paperwork has started." More...
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