Current sectionMiddle East NewsIran NewsThis is the first World Cup in which a host nation will receive a country with which it is at war. Secretary of State Marc Rubio said no IRGC affiliates allowed in the U.S.Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIran's World ⁠Cup soccer players have received visas to enter the United States, a U.S. official said days before their first match, but Iranian media ⁠said on Saturday that some administrative staff had not gotten their visas.CommentsIn the NewsIran World Cup Players Get U.S. Visas, Official Says, Some Staff WaitingReport: Pentagon Puts Israeli Spying on U.S. Risk at Highest Level, Sources SayForget Superheroes. YouTube Horror Is Giving Hollywood a Much-needed FrightGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelIran War Pushing Millions Into Hunger, UN Food Agency SaysRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure