Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war.

Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast.

The Iranian team previously held up school bags before a friendly match in March as symbols of commemoration.

Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the

The gesture follows a similar tribute by the team in March

Amid the ongoing conflict between the two countries, America has refused to issue visas to some members of Iran's staff for the 2026 World Cup, which gets underway later this week.

Around 175 people, most of them young girls, were killed when a US missile hit a girls' school in the Iranian city of Minab on February 28.

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Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war.

Seleção iraniana prestou homenagem aos 168 mortos em bombardeio do Exército dos EUA em Minab, no sul do Irã, durante guerra no Oriente Médio.

Iran's World Cup squad arrived in Mexico wearing gold #168 pins honoring the 168 victims of the Minab school missile strike, testing FIFA's political