‘We cannot look forward with hope,’ says FFIRI president
England Lions match in Abu Dhabi cancelled due to war
The president of Iran’s football federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the US after the US and Israeli bombardment of the country.
“What is certain is that after this attack, we cannot be expected to look forward to the World Cup with hope,” Mehdi Taj said to the sports portal Varzesh3 as Iran traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by the bombardment.
Iran have been drawn in Group G at the World Cup and are scheduled to play in Los Angeles – where they face New Zealand and Belgium on 15 and 21 June respectively – before they play Egypt in Seattle on 26 June.
