{"id":139739,"date":"2026-05-26T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/mexico-to-host-irans-world-cup-team-after-u-s-refusal-president-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:14:06","slug":"mexico-to-host-irans-world-cup-team-after-u-s-refusal-president-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/mexico-to-host-irans-world-cup-team-after-u-s-refusal-president-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico to host Iran\u2019s World Cup team after U.S. refusal, president says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-a4950c\" class=\"body-graf\">MEXICO CITY \u2014 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday her government agreed to allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/soccer\/iran-fifa-world-cup-united-states-soccer-rcna342964\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian national soccer team <\/a>to stay in Mexico during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a>, adding that the United States did not want to host the team.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7a1507\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-president-jewish-first-woman-rcna155179\" target=\"_blank\">Sheinbaum <\/a>said soccer\u2019s governing body, FIFA, approached her government after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-warns-iranian-world-cup-team-away-us-life-safety-rcna263197\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. said it did not want Iran\u2019s squad <\/a>to stay in the country throughout the tournament, despite Iran playing all three of its group matches there.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d548c4\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe have no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico,\u201d Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8aff52\" class=\"body-graf\">The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-5fc766\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1668\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" 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class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City on Friday. <\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Stephania Corpi \/ Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-243d58\" class=\"body-graf\">Mehdi Taj, head of Iran\u2019s soccer federation, said Saturday the team\u2019s base would be moved from Arizona to the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e2f514\" class=\"body-graf\">Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications and that the squad would be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2868b3\" class=\"body-graf\">The Iranian team\u2019s participation in the June 11-July 19 tournament had been in question since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran-war\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1a9904\" 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