United States president Donald Trump says Iran 'welcome' at World Cup insists Gianni Infantino - ESPN
Iranian football federation have withdrawn from the World Cup it seems. Im guessing the IRI does not want to risk having players "defect" or seeking asylum in the US, like what happened with the womens team in Australia. And I guess the WC or other sporting events are not high on the agenda in times of war.
I have tickets to all of our group matches and two of them are very close to where I live. I'm in San Diego and 2 matches are in LA. And one match in Seattle. LA has a huge Iranian diaspora who are mostly monarchists.