Rewarding Cowardice
Reuters reports,
Iran have [sic] given judo world champion Arash Miresmaeili a $125,000 reward, saying he sacrificed a gold medal at the Athens Olympics by refusing to fight an Israeli, a sports official says.
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In Iran, the going price for dignity is about 125k.
“Rewarding cowardice” sounds like the wrestler decided of his own accord not to compete, and the state is rewarding him for it. I thought he had little choice in the matter? In which case the state is more “Following through on [how one feels about Iran’s anti-normalisation policy with the Zionist entity]”.
I thought he was overweight?
I ain’t gonna play Sun City
No need for the “[sic]” in the quote from Reuters. The word “Iran” in context is referring to a people (plural), not a singular entity, so it is correct to say “Iran have given …”
Iran the people?
http://tinylink.com/?95ckgd7YcO
“In British usage, however, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals:
The government have not announced a new policy.
The team are playing in the test matches next week.”
…
So both “Iran has given” and “Iran have given” are acceptable.