Maradona wants to meet Iranian president
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 25 (Reuters): Former Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona says he wants to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading US foe, local media reported Monday.
Maradona, an outspoken critic of the administration of US President George W Bush, gave a signed soccer shirt to an Iranian diplomat Saturday after a game in the televised Showbol tournament of mini-matches.
Maradona, 47, is an admirer of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and he said this month he wanted a tattoo of Hugo Chavez, the fiery left-wing president of Venezuela and an ally of Iran.
"I've already met Fidel and Chavez ... now I need to meet your president. I'd like to meet Ahmadinejad," he told Iran's top diplomat in Argentina Mohsen Baharvand in a video broadcast by local media Monday.
Maradona, an outspoken critic of the administration of US President George W Bush, gave a signed soccer shirt to an Iranian diplomat Saturday after a game in the televised Showbol tournament of mini-matches.
Maradona, 47, is an admirer of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and he said this month he wanted a tattoo of Hugo Chavez, the fiery left-wing president of Venezuela and an ally of Iran.
"I've already met Fidel and Chavez ... now I need to meet your president. I'd like to meet Ahmadinejad," he told Iran's top diplomat in Argentina Mohsen Baharvand in a video broadcast by local media Monday.