Iran shifted its 2026 FIFA World Cup training base from Arizona to Tijuana to avoid visa and travel complications as geopolitical tensions increasingly spill into the tournament.

The president of the governing body of Iranian soccer says the nation’s World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from FIFA.

WASHINGTON: Iran will base their squad in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during this year’s World Cup after soccer’s world governing body FIFA approved a request to move the…