Iran's national team coach plans to attend the 2026 World Cup draw Friday in Washington. This comes despite Iran's soccer ...

Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World ...

Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, DC next week because the US denied visas to members of its delegation, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Friday.

Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup “Pride Match” will feature two countries where homosexuality is criminalized: Egypt and Iran. Now, ...

Iran's football boss has labelled World Cup game chosen by organisers as an LGBTQ 'Pride Match' as an 'irrational move'.

Iran decided not to boycott Friday’s World Cup draw after members of its delegation were granted approvals to take part in ...

Iran is to boycott next week's draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup in the United States in protest at the limited allocation of visas, the Iranian football federation said on Friday.

Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington next week because the U.S. denied visas to members of its delegation, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency ...