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Fifa considers options for Iran at World Cup after US conflict

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June 24, 2025

Fifa is facing new questions over the increasingly fraught World Cup next year, with the issue of how to treat Iran while the country is involved in a conflict with the co-host, the US.

- Paul MacInnes

Fifa considers options for Iran at World Cup after US conflict

There are no provisions within Fifa's regulations to prevent Iran from playing their group games in the US, despite the country being subject to military action by the Trump administration and Iranian citizens being under a travel ban that prevents them from entering the country.

The ban has an exemption that could apply to players, staff or associated families with teams at the 2026 World Cup.

Iran, who faced USA in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, qualified in March for their fourth consecutive World Cup.

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