La délégation iranienne annule sa présence au congrès de la Fifa après des "insultes" à l'aéroport de Toronto (médias locaux)
The president and secretary general of the federation, carrying "official visas", "returned to Turkey on the first available flight due to the inappropriate behavior of immigration officials (...) and an insult to one of the most honorable organs of the Iranian armed forces," a statement from their organization, quoted by the media, indicated.
The identity of this body has not been specified. In 2024, Canada designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, as a terrorist group.
Canada is co-hosting the World Cup from June 11 to July 19, 2026, with the United States and Mexico. The FIFA Congress is taking place Thursday in Vancouver, in western Canada.
The United States, the host country, is not seeking to exclude Iranian athletes from the football World Cup, Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently clarified.
He nevertheless expressed reservations about the people likely to accompany them, "some of whom have links with the Guardians".
Iran is scheduled to play its first three World Cup matches in the United States.
The Iranian federation stated in its press release that it had been in contact with FIFA officials after the airport incident, who expressed "their deep regret".
AFP
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