Paris, France, March 10, 2026 (AFP) - After women players defect, Iran hints men will skip World Cup

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2026-03-10

The head of the Iranian Football Federation on Tuesday cast further doubt on his country's participation in this summer's World Cup, saying women playing in the Asian Cup in Australia had been coerced into defecting. "If the World Cup is like this, who in their right mind would send their national team to a place like this?" Mehdi Taj asked on Iranian state television. The men's World Cup will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, bu......

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