MEP seeks support for banning Iran from World Cup

A British member of the European Parliament is seeking support within the EU legislature for a letter to FIFA demanding that Iran be thrown out of the World Cup, the office of Conservative member Chris Heaton-Harris said today.

World football’s governing body has previously rejected calls by European politicians for Iran to be kicked out of the tournament because of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s omments calling the Holocaust a “myth” and calling for Israel’s destruction.