Iran: Conservatives praised Zidane!

Jomhour says Zidane's final act in the World Cup when he lowered his head and rammed Materazzi in the chest, knocking him to the ground, has been praised by conservative news papers in Iran and the head of National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee in Iranian Parliament. The blogger writes according to this deputy, Zidane reacted to an insult by Italian player that Moslems are terrorists. The blogger considers this kind of arguments very irrational (Persian).

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