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Iranian, U.S. junior basketball teams to take place

Politics Materials 1 July 2009 14:04 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian, U.S. junior basketball teams to take place

The Iranian and U.S. junior basketballs teams will meet at the Junior World Championships U-19, the Mehr news agency reported.

The tournament where 16 teams will participate will start in New Zealand city of Auckland on July 2. The Iranian and U.S. teams are in the B group.

Earlier, the U.S. Football Federation has sent invitation to the Iranian Football Federation, which has expressed willingness to hold a friendly match between the national teams in Tehran. In May, the U.S. Football Federation invited the Iranian national team in the country.

Relations between the United States and Iran were broken off 30 years ago after the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran - 52 American diplomatic staff were held hostage for 444 days.

Head of the White House new administration Barack Obama said about possibility of negotiations with Tehran.

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