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Golf making inroads in Iran |
Golf never has been very popular in Iran. Even during the days of the shah, there was a single 18-hole course in Tehran: The Imperial Country Club.
And after the 1979 Islamic revolution, golf was derided as a peculiar western waste of time. The embattled Iranian duffer's options dwindled as the Tehran course sprouted weeds and had five holes expropriated by the Revolutionary Guards.
But now golf is making inroads in the Islamic Republic.
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