Trumps says Iran can play at World Cup in US after FIFA confirmation

FIFA main Gianni Infantino has said Iran volition play their World Cup matches, starring to statement from US President.

US President ⁠Donald Trump has told reporters ⁠that “I’m OK” with Iran playing successful the upcoming shot World Cup, ‌which volition beryllium held successful North America successful June and July.

The comments travel aft FIFA President ⁠Gianni Infantino connected ⁠Thursday said Iran would beryllium present astatine the ⁠tournament and would play successful ⁠the US.

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“If Gianni said it, I’m OK,” Trump told reporters ‌in the Oval Office.

“You cognize what? Let ‌them ‌play.”

Earlier connected Thursday, Infantino began his code to delegates astatine the 76th FIFA legislature by reiterating that Iran would play their World Cup games successful the US arsenic scheduled.

Iran’s information astatine this year’s World Cup successful Canada, Mexico and the United States has been shrouded successful uncertainty since the eruption of the US-Israel warfare connected Iran successful February.

“Let maine commencement by the outset, confirming straightaway that of people Iran volition beryllium participating astatine the FIFA World Cup 2026,” Infantino said astatine the scheduled gathering of football’s power-brokers successful Vancouver.

“And of course, Iran volition play [in] the United States of America.”

Iranian officials had floated the thought of shifting their radical games from the United States to Mexico, but that connection had already been nixed by Infantino.

Tensions surrounding Iran’s World Cup information rumbled into the build-up to Thursday’s summit.

Iran’s delegation was the lone absentee from the 211-member legislature arsenic Thursday’s gathering got nether mode aft a clash with Canadian borderline officials earlier this week.

Officials from the Iranian shot federation (FFIRI) abruptly near Canada aft landing successful Toronto, abandoning their onward travel to Vancouver.

Iranian media said FFIRI President Mehdi Taj – a erstwhile subordinate of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – and 2 colleagues flew location aft being “insulted” by Canadian migration officers.

Canada, which designated the IRGC a “terrorist organisation” successful 2024, said Wednesday that individuals linked to the unit were “inadmissible.”

Iran, who are owed to beryllium based successful Tucson, Arizona, during the World Cup, look New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt successful Group G.

The Iranians unfastened their World Cup run against New Zealand successful Los Angeles connected June 15.