Iran has insisted it will play at this summer’s World Cup, but only if a series of demands to FIFA and the US are met amid mounting political tensions surrounding the tournament.
The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) said the national side would take part ‘without any retreat from our beliefs, culture and convictions’.
It also warned that tournament organisers and host nations ‘must take our concerns into account’.
The statement comes after federation president Mehdi Taj was refused entry into Canada ahead of last month’s FIFA Congress, in a move that has intensified fears over how Iranian officials and players could be treated during
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