Iran to lodge FIFA complaint over World Cup travel restrictions

Iran plans to lodge a complaint with football’s ​world governing body FIFA over travel restrictions its team is facing in the U.S. at the World Cup.

Iran plans to lodge a complaint with football’s ​world governing body FIFA over travel restrictions its team is facing in the U.S. at the World Cup.

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Due to uncertainty over visas ⁠and the war, the Iranian team members are commuting from their tournament base in co-host Mexico for their three group games in the U.S.

U.S. authorities require ⁠them to enter within ​24 hours ⁠of a match and leave the same day, leading team coach Amir Ghalenoei to say ⁠Iran was the “most oppressed” team in the tournament.