[Former Fetus]

No, it's not a joke! I wonder if Iran's National Olympic Committee will replace my keyboard and monitor!

BTW, this is the offending logo:

[Darkwolf377]

That thing looks like an artist’s rendition of Obama dancing.

[normy]

It actually spells ZOIN or perhaps Zoiz, but whatever it spells its stupid looking and kinda gay.

[beethovenfan]

So just stay home then.

[hoagy62]

Oh f**k them and the camel they slept with last night.

Who gives a rat’s ass about what the damned Iranians think? Tell ‘em to pound sand or don’t send an Olympic team. Frikkin’ losers never have a chance at a medal anyway...why even go?

[Comstock1]

It’s also been pointed out that from the right angle it looks like Lisa and Bart Simpson doing something that brothers and sisters shouldn’t be doing.

[x]

And not because it's gay?

Keith Haring was definitely an influence.

[odds]

Are you familiar with “Rorschach Test” (aka inkblot. A variation of it is known as TAT: Thematic Apperception Test) ?

RT & TAT, as used by some psychologists, basically aim to determine one’s cognitive (thinking) processes, personality traits, and motivation. Most often they are used to gauge how different groups/individuals or an individual “perceive/s” the world/environment surrounding them, projects their own beliefs onto it, potentially reacts to it & solves problems.

This logo is a good RT/TAT test, not only for the Iranian regime but also for others. Obviously, the response from the regime in Iran interpreting the image (logo) as “Zion” can be considered a “classic” & very much in support of their anti-zionism rhetoric!

[Antoninus]

Forget the zionist message. This has got to be the butt-ugliest logo I have ever seen. And they probably paid millions of pounds for it.