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April 27, 2007
No. 1376

U.S. Invites Iranian Wrestlers to Train in U.S. for Olympics

The U.S. has extended an invitation to Iranian wrestlers and their coaches to come for training in the U.S. prior to the Olympic Games, to be held in Beijing next year.

This is considered a step toward improving the U.S. dialogue with the Iranian people.

[Readers may remember the U.S. invitation to the Chinese table tennis team to visit the U.S. in the early 1970s – later dubbed “Ping Pong Diplomacy” – which was a precursor to full diplomatic relations between the two countries.]

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, April 27, 2007

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