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MEXICO CITY, May 25 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia \u200bSheinbaum said on Monday her government agreed to allow \u200cthe Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want \u200bto host the team.<\/div>\n
Sheinbaum said football’s governing body FIFA \u200bapproached her government after the U.S. said it \u2060did not want Iran’s squad to stay in the \u200bcountry throughout the tournament, despite Iran playing all three of \u200bits group matches there.<\/div>\n
“We have no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference.<\/div>\n
The \u200bWhite House and the State Department did not immediately \u200brespond to a request for comment.<\/div>\n
Mehdi Taj, head of Iran’s football \u200cfederation, \u2060said on Saturday the team’s base would be moved from Arizona to the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the tournament.<\/div>\n
Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications \u200band that the \u200bsquad would \u2060be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights.<\/div>\n
The Iranian team’s participation in \u200bthe June 11-July 19 tournament had been \u200bin question \u2060since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.<\/div>\n
Iran will play its first two Group G matches in Los \u2060Angeles against \u200bNew Zealand on June 15 \u200band Belgium on June 21, before facing Egypt in Seattle on June 26.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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