TIJUANA, June 7 : Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest sporting event into a soft‑power contest between the warring countries.The squad touched down shortly after 5 a.m. (1

The journey of Iran’s World Cup team sets a dangerous precedent for international soccer.

Problems with processing visas had earlier led Iran to move its training base from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, on Mexico’s border with California.