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Which international sporting event did both Iran and Upper Volta (which was renamed Burkina Faso on August 4 that year) sit out for political reasons, while standing apart from the much larger Soviet-led boycott that dominated the headlines?
Albania, Iran, Libya and Upper Volta (which changed its name to Burkina Faso on August 4) all missed the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles for political reasons, though they were not part of the Soviet-led boycott that pulled fifteen other countries from the Games.