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Iranian President Not Planning World Cup Visit
April 09, 2006
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad (center) training with the national soccer team on March 1 (file photo) (Fars)
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble had said Ahmadinejad was welcome to visit.
Ahmadinejad sparked worldwide controversy when he suggested the Holocaust was a myth. Several leading German politicians called for the Islamic Republic to be banned from the finals.
(AFP)