The Iranian national team has left North America, departing from its World Cup home in Mexico following a tournament marked by repeated disagreements with U.S. officials, flashes of athletic brilliance and, ultimately, disappointment over barely missin...

In their three weeks in Tijuana, Iran's players established a reciprocal relationship of love and respect with Mexicans.

Iran's football team thanked the people of Tijuana on Tuesday (Jun 30) for their hospitality at the World Cup following the side's group-stage elimination, saying Mexico had…