Iran team only allowed in US on World Cup match days: Ambassador
Jun 08, 2026
Tehran [Iran], June 8: The Iranian national team players will only be allowed to enter the United States on the day of their World Cup matches, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Abolfazl Pasandideh said, according to media reports. "They can enter [the US] in the morning and on the same day they have to leave," Mexican media cited Pasandideh as saying late on Saturday. Pasandideh also told reporters in Tijuana, according to a Spanish translation by an interpreter, that a total of 15 officials from the Iranian Football Federation have not yet received visas to enter the US for the World Cup, which begins on Thursday. However, the hope is that they will receive visas before Iran's first match against New Zealand in the US on June 15. According to Iranian media, Iran's football federation president Mehdi Taj is among those affected.
Source: Qatar Tribune
