Iran welcome to compete in FIFA World Cup, Trump tells Infantino
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FIFA’s Infantino says US president ‘reiterates that the Iranian team is welcome’ to participate in the tournament.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says Iran’s participation in the World Cup would be welcomed by United States President Donald Trump, with whom he met and discussed the upcoming tournament amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Infantino said on Wednesday that Trump “reiterated that the Iranian team is welcome to compete in the tournament”, which is being cohosted by the US, Mexico and Canada in June and July.
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