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June 4th, 2005

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Axis Battle!

Iran tops their qualifying group with their 1-0 win over North Korea at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. Dr. Zin alludes to anti-regime unrest following the game:

Clashes happened at the end of the game at Azadi (‘Freedom’) Stadium as militiamen intended to stop happy fans from expressing joy. Orders were given that fans should avoid being joyful as it’s the anniversary of the death of the regime’s founder.
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Girls have been seen taking off their mandatory veil and dancing.

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ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Rematch
June 8, 2005
3:07 pm
[...] 0. The game was supposed to be held in Pyongyang, but rioting at the last Pyongyang game with Iran motivated FIFA officials to move the game with Japan to neutral territory [...]
Younghusband
June 9, 2005
4:36 pm
Follow up on the anti-regime unrest hit:

bq. "From *Reuters*":http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8745735&src=rss/worldNews
Leading candidates in Iran's presidential election race pledged greater social freedoms on Thursday after millions flouted the Islamic state's strict moral codes by celebrating a soccer victory through the night.
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Front-runner Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 70, a moderate pro-business conservative who was president from 1989 to 1997, also suggested he favored fewer restrictions on social life.
"In the current environment ... there is no use imposing tastes, being strict and going backward," local media quoted him as saying. "Whoever becomes the president cannot work without considering the demands and conditions of the society."
ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » All your base are belong to us
June 12, 2005
5:13 pm
[...] All your base are belong to us First there was the Axis battle, now there is Axis cooperation. [...]