TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a letter on Monday congratulated the national Iranian taekwondo team on winning the World Taekwondo Championships.

“I would like to congratulate the taekwondo athletes and national team staff of our dear country Iran on winning the world championship title and thank [you] for having been able once more to fly the sacred flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the letter read.

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