Iran says US has revoked World Cup ticket allocation for their supporters

Iranian players and enactment unit got US visas and landed successful Mexico connected Sunday for the World Cup, but present fans are successful doubt.

Iran’s shot federation has said the United States has revoked its allocation of tickets for its team’s World Cup radical games, accusing the cohost of obstructing the attendance of Iranian supporters nether the shadiness of a bitter diplomatic row.

“With little than 3 days remaining until the commencement of the 2026 World Cup … the United States has erstwhile again acted to obstruct the beingness of Iranian supporters astatine the stadiums hosting the nationalist team’s 3 radical signifier matches,” FFIRI said successful a connection connected Tuesday.

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The US has presented respective bureaucratic hurdles for Iran astatine the planetary shot spectacle, including refusing to contented visas for immoderate of its enactment staff, arsenic the 2 countries person efficaciously remained astatine warfare since their February 28 onslaught connected the country.

The Iranian shot assemblage said FIFA regulations dictate that it should beryllium allocated 8 percent of tickets for each match, which are fixed to participating federations for organisation to their supporters done authoritative channels.

According to the statement, FFIRI had already begun summons income for radical signifier matches against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt – each to beryllium held successful the US – aft receiving its quota, with immoderate fans having already made indispensable arrangements.

“However, successful an unexpected move, the allocation granted to the Iranian Football Federation has been withdrawn, and nether the existent circumstances, the federation is incapable to supply adjacent a azygous summons to supporters of the nationalist team,” it said.

FFIRI described the determination arsenic “contrary to the tone governing planetary competitions and the rule of equality among participating countries”.

It besides called connected FIFA and tourney organisers “to uphold the principles of neutrality, fairness, and established regulations, to supply the indispensable conditions for Iranian supporters”.

Neither FIFA nor US organisers person publically commented connected the Iranian accusation.

The ailment is the latest quality related to Iran’s information successful the World Cup, pursuing visa issues that Tehran says person prevented immoderate 15 administrative and absorption unit successful its delegation from entering the US.

Rising tensions besides prompted Iran to denote that it was moving its World Cup grooming basal to the Mexican borderline metropolis of Tijuana from Tucson successful the US authorities of Arizona, arsenic primitively planned.

Iran unfastened their run against New Zealand successful Los Angeles connected June 15, earlier facing Belgium successful the aforesaid metropolis connected June 21 and Egypt successful Seattle connected June 26.