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US grants Iranian soccer players visas for World Cup, 10 days before first match

The Iranian team is due to fly from Turkey to Spain on Saturday before traveling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued visas to the squad. They were originally due to be based in the US, but switched their camp to Mexico due to the tensions between them and the US over the war in the Mi...

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What happenedTeam set to land in Mexico on Sunday, where it'll be based amid state of war with US, will play first game against New Zealand on June 15.
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Jun 5, 7:05 PM: Times of Israel joined the source map.

Jun 5, 10:29 PM: Le Monde English joined the source map.

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Center-left ·News report
Le Monde English46m ago

US envoy confirms Iranian footballers granted visas for World Cup

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The Iranian team is due to fly from Turkey to Spain on Saturday before traveling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued visas to the squad. They were originally due to be based i...

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Center ·News report
Times of Israel4h ago

US grants Iranian soccer players visas for World Cup, 10 days before first match

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Team set to land in Mexico on Sunday, where it'll be based amid state of war with US, will play first game against New Zealand on June 15

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