TEHERAN: Mystery is afoot after Iran scrapped billboards featuring David Beckham, interrupting his reign as the first foreign celebrity advertiser since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Has Iran's latest engine oil promoter and Real Madrid's newest recruit fallen foul to Teheran's plummeting relations with Britain? Have Iran's leaders had enough of his burgeoning personality cult? Or is England's cleanest living football export corrupting Islamic decency?
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