Iran’s football federation has denied reports that three national team players have had their US visa applications rejected for the 2026 World Cup, Al Jazeera reports.

The federation said in a statement published by the Tasnim news agency that claims regarding the rejection of visas for defenders Shoja Khalilzadeh and Ehsan Hajsafi, as well as forward Mehdi Taremi, were “false”, adding that the administrative process for obtaining visas had been carried out according to procedure.