Iran have been granted permission by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to travel to the United States a day earlier for their final World Cup group game on Friday.The change in immigration policy follows continued complaints by members of the Iran World Cup party that travel restrictions were impacting their ability to compete at the tournament.The squad will now be able to fly from their base in Tijuana, Mexico on Wednesday, two days prior to their match against Egypt in Seattle to aid their preparations. For previous games against New Zealand (2-2) and Belgium (0-0) in Los Angeles, they were only permitted to travel the day before the game.“For the Iranian team’s third match in Seattle on June 26, the team has been permitted to come into the U.S. two days before the match. The Iran team will still be required to leave the day the match ends. The overall security measures and protocol are the same. We remain committed to providing the safest tournament possible for players, staff, and fans alike,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force outlined to The Associated Press, that they had always planned to monitor the team’s movements during the first two games, and “if they went smoothy” they would allow Iran an “extra day in light of the longer travel time.”We traveled to Tijuana to go behind the scenes at Iran's training campLaurie WhitwellAlthough Iran have been given extra time before the game, they have been told that they will still have to fly back from Seattle — which is 1,000 miles and a two to three hour flight away from their training base in Mexico — immediately after the end of the game, which kicks off at 8pm local time.