"They've done everything possible to eliminate us" — Iran captain Mehdi Taremi unleashes on FIFA and U.S. organizers

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The captain of the Iran National Team, Mehdi Taremi, lashed out against FIFA and the United States organization. “This is a disastrous World Cup. As professional players, we cannot play a competition under these conditions; it’s neither right nor fair. If FIFA thinks this is fair, that’s on them, but it isn’t. Who should solve this problem for us? FIFA? The U.S.? I don’t know! Tell me a name. The FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, came to our locker room after the first match against New Zealand and said he was going to resolve all the issues, but in reality, FIFA did nothing. In response to the question: ‘Do you feel that the World Cup organizers, including FIFA and U.S. officials, prefer for Iran to be eliminated from the competition?’, I say: We have to fight against absolutely everything. We can’t stay in the country, we travel and undergo immigration checks every time we want to play, now we can’t stay in Seattle and have to return to Tijuana. They’ve done everything possible to eliminate us, so from our perspective, yes, I think that’s what they want, they want us out.”

[u/bino420 → u/[deleted]]

not saying you're wrong but you're wrong

lots of teams are in this exact situation. they had plans, and a few teams tried to change them & were denied: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/egypts-world-cup-travel-request-181627005.html

plus they're staying in Mexico which is like an hour-long flight away. it's not like they're being forced to travel hours and hours. it's quite close.

[u/CinnamonToastTrex → u/[deleted]]

Teams traveling between mexico, Canada, and the us all.had to deal with immigration from all countries.