May 29, 2026
Iran men national football team
Iran’s football team still lacks US visas and is not competing in World Cup on “equal terms” because of its difficulty in training ahead of the tournament, its ambassador to Mexico said Thursday.
Ambassador Abolfazl Pasandideh visited the northwestern Mexican border city of Tijuana, where Iranians have relocated their training camp. They were originally planned to be based in Tucson in the US state of Arizona.
The ambassador told a news conference that “the country to the north” — meaning the US — had not followed through on its responsibility of hosting the Iranian team.
