Sport as an anti-diplomatic component; Iran vs. Arab States of Persian Gulf

Iran and Arab states encounter with many problems in international sport organizations. Since Sheikh Nimr assassination in ۲۰۱۵ Saudi state, its embassy set on fire in Tehran and after that the Arab clubs refused to play in Iran. Many interviews by chairman of Saudi national Olympic committee, president of UAE soccer federation, and Iranian policy makers led to interrupting the policy and sport in Middle East region. This study tried to investigate how this challenge can be remove and what are the main solutions for having an ordinary sport relation between these states (Saudi, UAE and Bahrain) with Islamic Republic of Iran.

کلیدواژه ها:

Sport ، anti-diplomacy ، Middle East