Iran's best result in the World Cup is a Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) finish and enters the 2026 ...

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The Iranian team, representing a country targeted by U.S. airstrikes in June and whose citizens are subject to a travel ban ...

Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World ...

The two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day ...

Long before the World Cup draw was even made, local organisers in Seattle had earmarked a match in the city as a chance to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. The two teams involved in the game – Iran and ...

Iran has reversed its decision to boycott the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw in Washington, D.C., setting the stage for its football officials to attend Friday’s high-profile event. The Iranian Football ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington next week because the U.S. denied visas to members of its delegation, the state-run IRNA news agency ...

A delegation from Iran will attend the 2026 World Cup draw in the US on Friday after threatening to boycott it over a visa row. Iran applied for nine visas but were issued four, with Mehdi Taj, ...

The groups for the 2026 World Cup will be selected at random next week in Washington, D.C., but one of the participating countries has decided to boycott the draw. Iran opted not to attend the event, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s national team coach will attend the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, despite an earlier announcement by the country’s soccer federation that it would boycott the ...