DOHA: Iran will be allowed to compete in the Asian Games soccer tournament after FIFA provisionally lifted an international ban, organisers said yesterday.
FIFA had suspended Iran, who won the Asian Games title in 1974, 1990, 1998 and 2002, from all international competition last Thursday because of what they cited as government interference in the sport.
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