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June 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s national soccer team, currently training in Tijuana, Mexico, will be able to enter the U.S. the day before each of their three World Cup matches, the Department of Homeland \u200bSecurity said on Tuesday.<\/div>\n
Media reports over the weekend had quoted the Iranian \u200cambassador to Mexico, Abolfazl Pasandideh, as saying that Iran’s team would have to enter and leave the U.S. the same day as they were playing, raising questions over logistics and whether it would \u200baffect team performance.<\/div>\n
It was not the case that Iran would be forced to \u200barrive the same day as their matches, a Department of Homeland \u2060Security spokesperson said.<\/div>\n
“These statements are untrue,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “Thanks to the \u200bgenerosity of President (Donald) Trump the Iranian team will be able to arrive the day before \u200btheir matches.”<\/div>\n
The ambassador, speaking to Reuters in Tijuana via an interpreter on Monday, criticized U.S. officials for denying visas to some of the Iranian football federation staff but said that the ones that \u200bhad been granted did not prevent them from staying overnight.<\/div>\n
“Their visas don’t specify anything \u200babout them having to leave at a certain time,” he said.<\/div>\n
After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. awarded visas \u200cto \u2060all the players on Friday, just 10 days before their first match.<\/div>\n
But several members of the Iranian squad were not given visas, including “key managerial and administrative members,” according to Iran’s football federation. They include the team manager, two team analysts, the media director and \u200ba representative of the \u200bForeign Ministry, according \u2060to Iran’s embassy in Mexico.<\/div>\n
Iran is due to face New Zealand in Los Angeles on June 15, Belgium in Los Angeles on \u200bJune 21 and Egypt in Seattle on June 26. The \u200bplayers were \u2060originally slated to train in Arizona, but that was changed after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran in February.<\/div>\n
Trump said in March that Iran was welcome to participate in the \u2060World \u200bCup but that he did not believe it was \u200bappropriate for Iran’s team to stay in the U.S. “for their own life and safety.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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