Hell, Masha's LIFE is geopolitical!
lol
Re tournaments, I'd doubt it. You'd have to examine specific relations within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO , where Iran has observer status.
http://en.wikipedia.org/...Cooperation_Organisation
For once, it's a matter Sec. Clinton can't much affect. 
"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17