Trump "Don't come to the World Cup" → Furious Iran "Mi, get out of you"... an unprecedented demand to 'exit the host country'

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The Iranian Football Association has taken a direct hit on the United States. Rather than worrying about their participation in the World Cup, they urged the U.S. to be kicked out.

The British 'Daily Star' reported on the 13th (local time) that "the Iranian national soccer team urged the United States to withdraw from the World Cup while the Iranian government announced that its national team would not be able to participate in the World Cup."

The conflict has been sparked significantly as the United States and Israel recently carried out a joint military attack on Iran to remove the supreme leader of Iran. Earlier, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said President Trump would "welcome" the Iranian national team.

However, President Trump said on his social media Truth Social, "I welcome the Iranian national soccer team to the World Cup, but I don't think it's appropriate to go there given their lives and safety."

In response, the Iranian Football Association issued an official statement, directly refuting them, saying they could not be excluded from the tournament. "The World Cup is a historical and international event, and the organizer is FIFA, not a single country," they said. "Iran has won consecutive victories and has become one of the first teams to advance to this great tournament."

"No one can exclude the Iranian national team from the World Cup," he said. "On the contrary, the country that should be excluded is a country that only has the title of the host country but is not capable of guaranteeing safety to the teams participating in the event."

However, key figures in the Iranian government are weighing in on the absence of the World Cup. Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali recently declared that "Iran cannot participate in the World Cup under any circumstances." Mehdi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Association, also asked in an interview with state news agency WANA, "What kind of rational person would send the national team to such a situation?"

The media said, "Initially, Iranian supporters were banned from traveling to the United States, but the team planned to be subject to exceptions. However, after armed conflict between the two countries and Iran's sports minister's declaration, whether they will participate in the competition remains in serious uncertainty.

Iran will play all three group matches in the U.S. this 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup. Iran, which is in Group G of the tournament, will play the first and second group games against New Zealand and Belgium in Los Angeles (LA), USA, and then move to Seattle to play the third game against Egypt. However, if the military conflict between the two countries is prolonged, it is unlikely that the Iranian national team will visit the U.S.

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