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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that Iran will play their World Cup games in the United States as scheduled as football’s power-brokers met in Vancouver on Thursday.
RTHK.HK reports that Iran’s participation at this year’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States has been shrouded in uncertainty since the eruption of war in the Middle East in February following strikes by the United States and Israel.
Infantino, who has repeatedly stated that Iran will be at the World Cup, underscored that stance at the start of his address to delegates as FIFA’s 76th Congress got under way in Canada.
Infantino’s remarks drew swift support from close ally US President Donald Trump, who told reporters in the Oval Office he was “OK” with Iran’s participation.
Iranian officials had floated the idea of shifting their group games from the United States to Mexico, but that proposal had already been fixed by Infantino.
