Former FIFA Head Sepp Blatter Says Iran Should Be Barred From World Cup

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic republic sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police, a Swiss paper quoted him on November 11 as saying. "Iran should be excluded from the World Cup," the Blick tabloid reported, saying Blatter at a talk in its publisher's headquarters had demanded harsh consequences and said that he would have removed Iran from competition had he still been in charge. To read the entire Reuters story, please click here.