President Of Iran’s Soccer Federation Says Play In L.a. World Cup Match In Doubt

The president of Iran’s shot federation says he does not cognize if nan nationalist squad tin play World Cup matches successful nan United States pursuing nan astonishment U.S. and Israeli bombardment of his country.

“What is definite is that aft this attack, we cannot beryllium expected to look guardant to nan World Cup pinch hope,” Mehdi Taj told sports portal Varzesh3 arsenic Iran traded strikes pinch Israel arsenic portion of a widening warfare prompted by nan bombardment.

The U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran continued for a 2nd time connected Sunday aft nan sidesplitting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw nan early of nan Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised nan consequence of location instability.

Iran has been drawn successful Group G astatine nan World Cup and is scheduled to play successful Los Angeles — wherever it faces New Zealand and Belgium connected June 15 and 21, respectively astatine SoFi Stadium — earlier it plays Egypt successful Seattle connected June 26.

The United States is hosting nan tourney pinch Canada and Mexico from June 11-July 19.

Fans from Iran were already banned from entering nan U.S. successful nan first loop of nan recreation prohibition announced by nan Trump administration.

FIFA did not instantly reply to an email from The Associated Press complete nan existent business regarding Iran’s information successful nan World Cup.