by Claudine Zap Paul the Octopus may have predicted the World Cup winner. But he never could have seen this coming: Being denounced by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The president of Iran blasted the cephalopod for spreading " western propaganda and superstition. " If anyone should get the blame for spreading the word to the world about the sea creature's mad skills, it should be Paul's PR team from the German Oberhausen Sea Life Center , where Paul resides.