The company quoted Iranian soccer federation spokesman Amir-Mahdi Alavi as saying that officers confronted visa obstacles that transcend sports activities concerns.
There was no fast remark from the White Home.
Alavi mentioned the federation had reached out to FIFA and hoped it might assist resolve the problem. Soccer’s ruling physique didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
President Donald Trump’s administration introduced in June a journey ban on residents from 12 nations together with Iran. The listing additionally included Haiti, which final week certified for the World Cup.
Exemptions, nonetheless, had been promised for “any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the secretary of state.”
It’s unclear whether or not the exemptions additionally apply to the World Cup draw, which takes place on Dec. 5 on the Kennedy Middle.
The Iranian delegation would have been anticipated to be led by its soccer federation president Mehdi Taj, some of the senior officers in Asian soccer and a member of two FIFA committees which have oversight of the World Cup.
He is among the vice presidents of the Asian Soccer Confederation and a member of FIFA panels with duty for the ruling physique’s competitions, plus males’s nationwide group soccer usually.
A report 48 groups will take part within the June 11-July 19 World Cup co-hosted by the the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
