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Iran plays down football spat with Saudi Arabia
Iran's top diplomat on Wednesday played down a spat with Saudi Arabia that prompted the cancellation of an Asian Champions League match, insisting relations with its longtime rival were improving. The row, over a statue of assassinated Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani in the stadium in Iran's third city Isfahan, was the first incident to mar a surprise rapprochement between the rival Middle East powers brokered by China in March. Saudi club Al Ittihad had refused to take to the pitch for their away game against Iran's Sepahan FC in protest at the statue of Soleimani, who oversaw Iran's military operations across the Middle East until his death in a targe

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