{"id":838,"date":"2026-06-05T23:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=838"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:21:07","slug":"iran-footballers-issued-us-visas-for-world-cup-says-white-house-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Iran footballers issued US visas for World Cup, says White House | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran players get visas 10 days before their opening \u200cWorld Cup match against New Zealand in Los Angeles on June 15.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Iran\u2019s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angeles amid a conflict between \u2060the two countries.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s ambassador to Mexico, Abolfazl Pasandideh, said late on Thursday the squad had still not received their US visas, but these were granted overnight, the White House official said.<\/p>\n

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US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack confirmed the visas in a message on X on Friday. \u201cProud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara for their work processing visas for Iran\u2019s national football team on their road to the @FIFAWorldCup in the United States,\u201d he said, commenting on a news report that Iran\u2019s World Cup players have been granted the visas to enter the United States.<\/p>\n

The US had not yet issued visas to some members of the Iran team\u2019s technical and administrative staff, the semi-official Fars news agency \u200creported on Friday.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s federation has not yet made a statement on the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisas for some members of the national team\u2019s technical and executive staff have not yet been issued, and the US embassy has so far refused to issue them,\u201d Fars said, without citing a source.<\/p>\n

The US-Israel war on Iran has turned the World Cup \u2013 the biggest global sporting event \u2013 into a geopolitical contest, with both sides appearing to use the tournament for political posturing.<\/p>\n

It is the first World Cup, since its inception in 1930, in which a host nation is set to receive a country it is at war with.<\/p>\n

Tehran negotiated a last-minute move of the team\u2019s base from Arizona \u2060to Tijuana in Mexico due to the visa issues and a growing feeling in Iran \u2060that the squad\u2019s presence in the United States should be kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n

They are scheduled to land in Tijuana early on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Iran are due to play their first Group G match on June 15 against New Zealand in Los Angeles, where they will also face Belgium before taking on \u2060Egypt in Seattle.<\/p>\n

The US has never formally said it does not want the Iranian team to stay on its territory, Ambassador Pasandideh said.<\/p>\n

However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on \u2060Tuesday that the US would not allow Iran to include in its World Cup \u2060delegation individuals linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful branch of the Iranian armed forces.<\/p>\n

Mehdi Taj, president of Iran\u2019s football federation, was denied entry for the tournament draw in Washington in December. He is a former commander in the Revolutionary Guards.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s desire to compete in the World Cup underscored its efforts \u200cto reach a resolution in the war with Washington, Pasandideh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s participation in the World Cup \u2013 even on the soil of what is seen as its enemy \u2013 shows that Iran seeks peace,\u201d Pasandideh said, speaking through a Spanish interpreter at the \u200cIranian \u200cembassy in Mexico City.<\/p>\n

Progress in peace talks between Iran and the US has been slow, with both sides seemingly inching towards an interim agreement even as they continue to carry out military strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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