Saturday, June 6, 2026 - Iran’s football squad have been granted visas to play in the World Cup, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed in a message on X on Friday.
“Proud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara
for their work processing visas for Iran’s national football team on their road
to the @FIFAWorldCup in the United States,” he said, commenting on a news
report that Iran’s World Cup players have been granted the visas to enter the
United States.
“Sports transcends borders, and we look forward to welcoming
competitors and fans from around the world,” the ambassador said.
The Iranian team is due to fly from Turkey to Spain on
Saturday before travelling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued
visas to the squad.
The team will be based in Mexico during the tournament in
North America, but all three of their group stage matches are due to be held in
the United States.
They were originally due to be based in the US but switched
their camp to Mexico due to tensions between them and the United States over
the war in the Middle East.
The two countries have been at war since the US and Israel
began bombing Iran at the end of February, although currently a fragile
ceasefire is being observed.
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