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Iran threatens to boycott London 2012 Olympics over "racist" logo
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1156712:MV8xMzc1ODA3XzIyNjg2NzQ4X0UwN0YwOUM3] Where the hell did they find that logo, I bet it cost millions to come up with. [/quote]
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Mon, 28 Feb 21:05:00 2011
Iran calls London 2012 logo "racist"
Iran said on Monday it might boycott the 2012 London Olympics because of the event's "racist" logo which resembles the word Zion, the official Irna news agency reported.
The secretary general of the National Olympic Committee said Iran had made the complaint in a letter to the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and was waiting for a response.
The London logo shows the numbers 2012 in four jagged multi-coloured figures and was launched in 2007. Zion is a term that refers to the city of Jerusalem and Iran does not recognise Israel.
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