The State Department confirms that the USA Badminton team has been forced to cancel its trip to Iran because Iranian officials did not issue the team visas in time for the tournament that begins tomorrow.
The State Department is privately furious, and spokesman Robert Wood said on the record this morning that it was "a very unfortunate situation" and "not a good sign." He said the U.S. is working through Swiss intermediaries to find out what happened and USA Badminton is seeking clarification from Iranian badminton representatives. Wood even hinted this move by the Iranians could factor into the Obama administration's Iran policy review. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
