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Japan's J-League has fined Shimizu S-Pulse $25,000 over a banner directed at the team's Iranian-American manager Afshin Ghotbi.
Two teenage fans of Jubilo Iwata draped a banner that read: ''To Ghotbi, stop making nuclear weapons'' at a game between the two clubs on May 28.
Because the game was at Shimizu's home stadium, the J-League decided to fine S-Pulse.
The 47-year-old Ghotbi took over Shimizu after coaching Iran from 2009 to the Asian Cup in Qatar in January.
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Iran and the West remain in dispute over its nuclear program. The U.S. and its allies insist it is aimed at developing atomic weapons - a charge Iran rejects.
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