FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that Iran will participate in this year’s World Cup, Al Jazeera reports.

The head of the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, in an address to FIFA’s Congress in Vancouver, says, “Let me start by the outset, confirming straightaway that of course Iran will be participating at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

“And of course, Iran will play the United States of America,” he adds.