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A bust of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani is displayed before the pitch at the Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan during the AFC Champions League Group C football match between Iran's Sepahan and Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad on October 2, 2023. The football match between Saudi and Iranian teams was cancelled on the night of October 2 amid a dust-up over a statue of slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, a club source told AFP. However an official with Saudi side al-Ittihad said a dispute arose after club administrators objected to a bust of Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike in 2020. (Photo by MORTEZA SALEHI / TASNIM NEWS / AFP via Getty Images)