Maradona wants to meet Iranian president

Maradona, 47, is an admirer of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and he said this month he wanted a tattoo of Hugo Chavez, the fiery left-wing president of Venezuela and an ally of Iran.
"I`ve already met Fidel and Chavez ... now I need to meet your president. I`d like to meet Ahmadinejad," he was quoted by Reuters as teloing Iran`s top diplomat in Argentina Mohsen Baharvand in a video broadcast by local media on Monday.
"I`m there with the people of Iran, really with all my heart," he added after the game in Buenos Aires.
In his heyday, Maradona led Argentina to its 1986 World Cup victory and he is revered in his own country and around the world. But he has struggled with drug abuse and obesity since he retired from the game.