Iranian Soccer Stars Touch Down in Tijuana — Ahead of Sofi Stadium Games
- Iran's national soccer team arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, after training in Turkey to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches in the U.S., using the city as their base camp due to prior visa uncertainties with the U.S.
- U.S. authorities approved visas for Iranian players only 10 days before their first match, while some members of the delegation remained unable to enter the U.S.
- Iran's football federation president Mehdi Taj criticized the U.S. for obstructing visa approvals, calling the delays unfair and unjust.
- The team moved their base camp from Arizona to Mexico amid visa concerns and heightened diplomatic tensions related to the World Cup.
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Iran’s national football team arrived in Tijuana in the early morning of this Sunday, before competing for three World Cup matches in the United States, amidst tensions that have turned the world’s largest sporting event into a soft power match among the countries facing it. The team landed shortly after 5 a.m. local time in Tijuana, across the San Diego border, after a night flight from Turkey, where it has been training for the last three week…
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Iran’s World Cup team landed just meters from the USA, but not yet inside
Under a cloud of intense geopolitical tension, Iran’s national football team has officially touched down in North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, landing just meters from the United States border following an arduous, multi-stop international journey. TIJUANA, Mexico — The squad’s arrival in Tijuana concludes a logistical marathon that began on Monday morning, May 18, 2026, when the team departed Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, ac…
Tijuana.- The football team of Iran landed today morning, Sunday 7 June, at Tijuana International Airport, being the only one of the 48 teams that compete in the FIFA 2026 World Cup that was forbidden to spend the night in the United States, despite the fact that their first three games are in that country.The selected arrived in the morning on a plane to the airport of the city, and then were transported aboard a passenger bus, from the ABC com…
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