Between them, Reza Mansoor and Mostafa Pourmand have attended 11 World Cups to cheer on their beloved Iran, and even a war between their team and host nation the United States is not going to stop them this time. In fact, these two self-declared “super fans” want nothing more than a showdown between the two […]
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Iran fans dismayed by team’s World Cup visa quarrel
Iran’s national football team was greeted Sunday in Mexico by a small group of supporters eager to give them a warm start to the World Cup, despite visa problems facing some staffers. “I’m very excited to see them,” said Sadegh Galavi as he watched the players’ bus leave the airport in Tijuana, cheered on by […]
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Iran World Cup team heads to Mexico as US visa row erupts
Iran’s World Cup squad left Turkey for Mexico on Saturday, taking off under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington after the US refused to issue visas for some of the team’s support squad. The dispute erupted just days before the June 11 start of the 2026 World Cup, which is […]
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U.S. confirms Iranian players granted visas for World Cup
Iran’s national team have been granted visas to enter the United Sates so they can play in the World Cup, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed Friday. A U.S. administration official confirmed this separately in a statement issued by the State Department. The visa issuance means Iran will compete in the world’s top sporting […]
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Azmoun: Iran’s absent talisman unafraid of controversy
Sardar Azmoun is Iran’s third top scorer in history with a successful club career behind him but is set to miss out on the 2026 World Cup in an exclusion shadowed by political controversy. Azmoun, 31, is not part of the Iranian squad that has been preparing in Turkey for the World Cup and only […]
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Salah, Belgian golden generation eye last shot at World Cup glory
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Belgium stalwarts Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois head into Group G at the 2026 World Cup knowing this summer’s tournament will likely be their last chance for glory on football’s biggest stage. Their respective countries have been drawn together into the same pool, alongside New Zealand and Iran, […]
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Iran move World Cup base from US to Mexico
Iran are moving their World Cup training base to Mexico after football’s world governing body FIFA approved a request to transfer it from Tucson, Arizona, the head of Iran’s football federation said on Saturday. The Iranian team will now be based in Tijuana on the border of Mexico and the United States during the tournament, […]
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Iran ‘very confident’ about World Cup protocols: federation vice-president
The Iranian football federation vice-president said Tuesday he was “very confident” in FIFA’s protocols as the team prepare to play at the World Cup in the United States. Iran’s national team arrived in Turkey for a pre-tournament training camp on Monday. The players are to stay several weeks before heading to the World Cup that […]
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Iran World Cup squad lands in south Turkey for training
Iran’s national team arrived in Turkey on Monday for a training camp and to complete visa applications ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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Iran to hold pre-World Cup training camp in Turkey: media
The Iran team will head to Turkey for a training camp before taking part in the World Cup in the United States, local media reported Friday.