Iran is threatening to boycott the 2012 Olympics, after he spelled the logo claims "Zion "
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London 2012 The London 2012 logo is under scrutiny by the Iranian Olympic Committee. |
It seems the Iranian National Olympic Committee, the spending a little too much time in Magic Eye.
Bahram Afsharzadeh, the Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, told the official news service that he believes logo for the Olympic Games in 2012 spelled "Zion" - a term frequently used to refer to Jerusalem.
Afsharzadeh said he aired his concerns in a letter to the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and that if its concerns are not addressed, the country to boycott the Games.
"There is no doubt that the question of negligence on your part, the presence of some countries in the games that influence especially Iran, which holds by commitment to the values and principles," the letter said, according to Iranian officials.
The IOC said it had received the letter, but do not plan to change the logo - and rejected the Iranian claims.
In 2007, the logo was unveiled, said designers of the London newspaper The Telegraph, it should be hip and is aimed at the younger "Generation Internet". It is inspired by graffiti artists and is based roughly on the numbers 20 and 12.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied the Holocaust happened often, and called for the destruction of Israel. But because the logo was revealed as long ago, organizers said they were "surprised that the complaint was not made."
Ironically, in 2007, telling a Jewish person of the BBC that he believed the logo was similar to the infamous SS symbol.
Iran, which usually threatens boycott of the Games at least once before the event, boycotted the 1984 Games.

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