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US and Iran to play in basketball at Tokyo Olympics

Some Iranians have played basketball in the United States and there is an American on Iran's national team, despite poor relations between the two governments.
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The United States and Iran will face off in basketball at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on Wednesday. 

The American and Iranian men’s national basketball teams are in the same group for the early round of the global competition, and will play one another in each team’s second Olympic match. 

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