US Edition
Published • loading... • Updated
Trump Says Iran Welcome at World Cup, Claims Infantino
FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated President Trump assured Iran's football team is welcome at the 2026 World Cup, despite regional tensions and prior doubts about participation.
- On Tuesday, Gianni Infantino said President Donald Trump told him Iran are welcome to compete at the 2026 World Cup in the United States.
- The regional escalation began with strikes that widened into multi-nation retaliations after joint US and Israeli military forces killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, prompting Iran to strike US military bases in the Middle East.
- Organisers list Iran's fixtures in Los Angeles on June 15 and 21 and Seattle on June 26, as part of the World Cup 2026 scheduled across the US, Canada and Mexico.
- Concerns over player safety have prompted visa and asylum actions by other countries, with Australia granting six humanitarian visas to members of Iran's women's national team amid safety fears, Tony Burke said.
- FIFA's president, who awarded Trump the FIFA Peace Prize three months ago, met him on Tuesday and said, 'We all need an event like the FIFA World Cup to bring people together now more than ever'.
Insights by Ground AI
28 Articles
28 Articles
I and Trump spoke about Iran and he told me that the Iranian national team is of course welcome to participate in the World Championship. I sincerely thank the President of the United States for his support, as he shows once again that football unites the world. Once again from his parallel universe, Gianni Infantino published a post on Instagram after a meeting at the White House with the American president who, as he continues to bomb Iran, re…
·Rome, Italy
Read Full Article
Childhood in the White House: Trump guarantees Iran's participation in the U.S. World Cup, where the Tehran national team remains at risk for the raids that the United States and Israel have started
·Italy
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources28
Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center
46% Center
L 39%
C 46%
15%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
