11.   Many Iranians said they had come to Lyon not for football but to draw attention to repression and economic suffering in the Islamic republic.

12.   However, opponents warned that the economic suffering caused by such clampdowns only strengthens the hand of the Islamic radicals responsible for most anti-Israeli attacks.

13.   But opponents warned that the economic suffering caused by such clampdowns only strengthens the hand of the Islamic radicals responsible for most violence against Israel.