The UK is reluctant to host Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the London Olympics, reported the IRNA news agency on Thursday.
Ahmadinejad, who would reportedly like to be "beside the Iranian athletes", has faced increasing international isolation over the country's nuclear program, with an oil embargo, sanctions, and embassy closures.
Officials at the British Foreign Office and the International Olympic Committee delined to comment.
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