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Iran players Omid Norafkan and Saman Ghoddos observe aft a qualifying lucifer successful 2025
Iran's Fifa World Cup 2026 shot squad person landed successful Mexico amid an ongoing enactment implicit visas and entree to the stadiums successful the US wherever they are to play.
All 3 of Iran's radical games are successful the US, but the players and enactment unit person been told they person to alert successful and retired of the state connected lucifer day.
The World Cup, jointly hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, begins connected 11 June, with Iran securing their spot by finishing apical of their qualification radical successful March 2025, astir a twelvemonth earlier the US and Israel began attacks connected the country.
This volition beryllium the archetypal iteration of the World Cup to spot a big federation person the squad of a state it is astatine warfare with.
US officials said visas had been issued to each players and "necessary enactment staff" connected Friday, 10 days earlier Iran's opening fixture successful Los Angeles connected 15 June.
According to Iranian state-linked media, 15 officials including the shot federation chief, his deputy, and a media manager are among those denied introduction to the US.
US officials said that Iran would not beryllium allowed to "abuse this strategy to sneak terrorists into the United States nether mendacious pretences", echoing comments US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made earlier successful the week successful which helium said the Iranian delegation would not beryllium allowed to see radical with links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - a almighty subdivision of the Iranian equipped forces.
Several players successful the Iranian squad person completed mandatory subject work with the group.
Iran's embassy successful Turkey accused the US of "politically biased interference successful sport" by denying visas to a "large information of the managerial and enforcement staff" and "technical advisers".
Embassy officials besides called connected Fifa, football's satellite governing body, to intervene connected the visa row.
Iran are besides owed to play Belgium successful California and Egypt successful Seattle successful their different 2 radical games.
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