Iran Football Chief Sorry for Forgetting Non-Existence of ‘Israel’

The president of the Iranian Football Federation (IFF), Ali Kaffashian, has apologised for his organisation’s strange and confusing decision to send a New Year’s greeting to a fictional country. The IFF’s foreign affairs chief Mohammad-Manour Azimzadeh has also resigned, taking responsibility for the mistake. The made-up state, ‘Israel’, which is thought to be a figment [...]