{"id":285266,"date":"2011-03-01T06:13:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T06:13:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T06:13:44","slug":"iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.6361031519\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/africa-international\/\" title=\"View all posts in Africa\/International\" rel=\"category tag\">Africa\/International<\/a> \u00bb Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t<span>Page last updated at Tuesday, March 1, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n<p> <!--end: postmeta-->\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/868ba3b3n-2012-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-52360\" title=\"London 2012 logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/868ba3b3n-2012-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word \u201cZion\u201d and warning of a possible boycott of the games.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary general of Iran\u2019s National Olympic Committee said Iran sent a letter to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge. The letter claims the 2012 logo spells out \u201cZion,\u201d a biblical term widely recognized to refer to the city of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>In comments carried by the official IRNA news agency Monday, secretary general Bahram Afsharzadeh said the letter urges other Muslim states to oppose the \u201cracist logo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that negligence of the issue from your side may affect the presence of some countries in the games, especially Iran which abides by commitment to the values and principles,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel\u2019s destruction and questioned historical accounts of the Holocaust. Iranian athletes have refused to compete against Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>The London logo shows the numbers \u201c2012\u2033 in four jagged figures and until now has been criticized only for its design. The IOC said it received the letter and joined London organizers in rejecting Iran\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur response is as follows: The London 2012 logo represents the figure 2012, nothing else,\u201d the IOC said.<\/p>\n<p>The London organizers said the design was launched in 2007 after testing and consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are surprised that this complaint has been made now,\u201d the committee said.<br \/>Source: AP<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/emailpopup\/\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ab3ba3b2email.gif\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Story\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5c1a45c5r_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Story\" title=\"Print This Story\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n  | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently reading http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> |<br \/>\n\t\t<!--\n\t\t<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/02\/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\"\n\t\t\txmlns:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/\"\n\t\t\txmlns:trackback=\"http:\/\/madskills.com\/public\/xml\/rss\/module\/trackback\/\">\n\t\t<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/\"\n    dc:identifier=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/\"\n    dc:title=\"Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist\"\n    trackback:ping=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/trackback\/\" \/>\n<\/rdf:RDF>\t\t--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<p>\t\t<!-- You can start editing here. --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/868ba3b3n-2012-logo-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/03\/01\/iran-says-london-2012-olympic-logo-is-racist\/\" title=\"Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Iran says London 2012 Olympic logo is racist Page last updated at Tuesday, March 1, 2011 6:06 AM \/\/ Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word \u201cZion\u201d and warning of a possible boycott of the games. 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