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  They definitely put the fun in fundamentalism.
context: Are they being punished for losing?  Or did they do something “immoral” at the World Cup?  I remember Sadam Hussein apparently tortured his players when they lost as punishment for embarrassing him.
  Edit: “Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a party on New Year's Eve where alcohol was served in violation of an Islamic ban” >
  
  These islamic hardliners really sound like they’d be fun at a party