From the 1953 coup d’état to the controversies of the last few days: that’s why this is not just a challenge in the field
It’s not just football. It is a summary of contemporary history. Iran-USA has already been declared closed a couple of times, yet they are all still here to play recovery. It has been going on like this for almost seventy years. The origin of everything: it is 1953 when the CIA with a coup overthrows the government of Prime Minister-elect Mossadeq. The reason? Petroleum. Mossadeq wants to nationalize the oil companies. And America is not there.
