On the parquet, 'Great Satan' plays for 'Axis of Evil'

In the quest to build a professional basketball league and bolster Iranian hoop skills, teams in the Islamic republic are paying top dollar ($15,000 a month or more) to lure players away from Europe and America, which is still sometimes called the "Great Satan."

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Along the way, something else has happened. The American players have become ambassadors of sorts, for both countries.

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