The Americans applauded the Iranian national anthem. The Iranians applauded the U.S. anthem. There were a few handshakes before, plenty more handshakes after, and words of sportsmanship between the sides throughout the game.
. The Iranians applauded the U.S. anthem. There were a few handshakes before, plenty more handshakes after, and words of sportsmanship between the sides throughout the game.It’s still somewhat rare for the U.S. and Iran — nations that haven’t had diplomatic relations for more than four decades and often are at vastly different ends of the political spectrum — to get together in anything, from sporting events to. It happened Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S.
If political leaders from Iran and Israel shook hands, it would be front-page news. At the Olympics, it happened without fanfare.Even amid decades of political rhetoric, the U.S. and Iran have shown that athletes from those nations can coexist. At least one expert on international sport relations was not surprised that the U.S.-Iran basketball game occurred without incident.
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