WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Whether Iran will participate or not in the next World Cup, to be played this summer between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, “doesn’t really matter to me. I think Iran is a gravely defeated country. They’re barely getting by.” These are the words of US President Donald Trump in an interview with “Politico.”
After the attack in Tehran, the president of the Iranian Football Federation, Mehdi Taj, opened up to the possibility that the national team might not participate in the next World Cup – Team Melli will debut on June 15 in Los Angeles against New Zealand, followed by matches against Belgium and Egypt, and a possible match against the United States on July 3 in Dallas in the round of 32 – while FIFA, for now, has not made any statements. “Our goal is to organize a safe World Cup with the participation of all,” Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom simply declared last Saturday.
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