{"id":2536,"date":"2026-06-20T21:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:41:23","slug":"u-s-defends-iran-world-cup-travel-restrictions-says-discussions-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2536","title":{"rendered":"U.S. defends Iran World Cup travel restrictions, says discussions ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States will \u200bcontinue to assess the Iran squad&#8217;s travel arrangements at the World Cup but for now the original plan remains in \u200cplace despite the team saying they would lodge a complaint with FIFA, Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force for the tournament, told Reuters on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div>Iran are unhappy at restrictions that mean they can only travel to venues within 24 hours of their fixtures and must depart back to their \u200btraining base in Tijuana, Mexico directly after each game, with coach Amir Ghalenoei suggesting his side were &#8220;the most oppressed team \u200bin the whole World Cup&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div>Giuliani, however, says the situation is fluid and they will discuss what measures will \u2060be in place for Iran\u2019s third game against Egypt in Seattle on Friday, after their meeting with Belgium in Los Angeles on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The situation \u200bis dynamic,&#8221; Giuliani said in an exclusive interview in Houston. &#8220;We have a plan right now. Tomorrow afternoon (after the match against Belgium) they \u200bwill take the 27-minute flight back to Tijuana.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We will see how it goes for match two, and then there will be discussions the day after in terms of what it looks like for match three in Seattle.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Giuliani defended the measures in place and said the pre-tournament change in training bases for the \u200bside from Tucson to Tijuana had shortened Iran\u2019s travel time.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The shift from Tucson to Tijuana, I think, was good for everybody involved, certainly \u200bit reduces their travel time to Los Angeles too,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their flight is an hour shorter than it would be from Tucson. And we&#8217;re happy \u200cwith the \u2060way that things went for match one in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I would just point to the fact that all players have received visas. All the coaches have received visas. There are some team officials that have not received visas, and that&#8217;s because we&#8217;ve seen some derogatory information on them, and this is the balance that we talk about.&#8221;<\/div>\n<h2>PROTECTING INTERESTS OF U.S.<\/h2>\n<div>Giuliani said the goal has always been to protect \u200bthe interests of the United States \u200band the international visitors at \u2060the World Cup.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We want to make sure we have this incredible soccer tournament, where people are welcome and enjoy the World Cup, while also making sure that we are not just protecting American citizens, \u200bbut we&#8217;re also protecting all those international visitors that are coming here,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div>He revealed that \u200bno threats to the \u2060tournament had been identified, but that officials remain vigilant.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhat I can tell you is our intelligence community has tripled down on this since the beginning of this year,\u201d he said. \u201cWe&#8217;re in discussions every hour on it. But there have been no credible threats at this moment.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Giuliani has \u2060been pleased \u200bwith the opening 10 days of the World Cup.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThings are going as planned,&#8221; he \u200bsaid. &#8220;It&#8217;s been fantastic to see the great play on the pitch, that seems to be the majority of the conversation, which has been fantastic.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI think this is an \u200bamazing celebration of America over our 250th birthday, with the World Cup being the incredible highlight.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2534\">Lula mocks \u2018work-from-home\u2019 Neymar as Brazil wait on injured number 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2532\">Hong Kong\u2019s wealth hub faces a leaner future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2529\">Argentina face Austria with knockout stage in sight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We will see how it goes for match two, and then there will be discussions the day after in terms of what it looks like for match three in Seattle.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[176,177,158,62],"class_list":["post-2536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-belgium-world-cup-soccer","tag-egypt-world-cup-soccer","tag-iran-world-cup-soccer","tag-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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