1 hour ago The United States' caput of homeland information said helium "danced a blessed dance" erstwhile Iran were eliminated from the World Cup.
Iran missed retired connected qualifying from the radical signifier connected extremity quality aft having a stoppage-time victor against Egypt disallowed for a marginal offside.
Coach Amir Ghalenoei said his squad were the "most oppressed" astatine the tourney amid the backdrop of the country's struggle with the US and Israel.
Iran's training basal was switched from Arizona to Tijuana successful Mexico earlier the World Cup began and they faced question restrictions throughout.
Despite Saturday's 1-1 gully with Egypt, Iran inactive had a accidental of qualifying arsenic 1 of the 8 champion third-placed teams.
But their elimination was confirmed erstwhile Algeria and Austria played retired a dramatic 3-3 draw connected Sunday.
Speaking to reporters connected Monday, caput of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said: "I'm conscionable gladsome they're done, and they're not coming back.
"I was truthful blessed erstwhile we were capable to propulsion their visas and said they could permission the US soil, and I might've sung a opus oregon 2 oregon possibly adjacent danced a blessed dance."
He added: "There wasn't a azygous squad that we had to walk much clip dealing with than Iran."
Iran were lone permitted to participate the US the time earlier their archetypal 2 matches and had to permission connected the aforesaid time arsenic the game, nether the presumption of their visas.
Those restrictions were eased for their last radical crippled successful Seattle, allowing them to get 2 days early, but they again had to instrumentality to Tijuana aft Saturday's match.
Iran manager Ghalenoei said that the US, co-hosts of the World Cup with Canada and Mexico, had "treated america precise unfairly" and that his squad had been fixed "less than half" the grooming model it needed to prepare.
Iran skipper Mehdi Taremi added: "This benignant of hostility undermines the joyousness of the World Cup. I felt the hostility from the archetypal infinitesimal we arrived."
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