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Iran ‘boycotting’ USA but not World Cup: football federation chief

Published March 19, 2026 Updated March 19, 2026 01:51pm
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Iran will “boycott the United States” but “not the World Cup”, Iranian football federation president Mehdi Taj says according to AFP.

Iran is currently scheduled to play its group matches in the US in this year’s tournament.

“We will be preparing for the World Cup. We will boycott the United States but not the the World Cup,” Taj said yesterday in a video published by the Iranian press agency Fars.

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