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US denies visas to 15 members of Iran’s 2026 World Cup delegation

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:7 June 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Preparations for the Iranian national team’s participation in the 2026 World Cup have escalated into a tense political issue, following a visa crisis that triggered a diplomatic spat between Tehran and Washington. Meanwhile, the team continues its technical training, focusing away from the administrative turmoil. For a long time, there were doubts and continuous discussions about whether the Iranian national team would participate in or withdraw from the 2026 World Cup due to the US war against Iran since last February. Visa crisis brings politics back to the World Cup While the Iranian national team players and technical staff received US…

World cup chaos as US denies visas to Iranian team officials

Post author:HG
Post published:7 June 2026
Post last modified:7 June 2026

Iran’s Football Federation (IFF) has accused the US of “vindictive behavior” after it denied visas to 14 officials and backroom staff from Iran’s World Cup team. Hedayat Mombeini, Iran Football Federation’s secretary-general, and Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, its vice president, are among the staff who do not have visas. The country’s first game is in Los Angeles on June 16. The US, Mexico and Canada are jointly hosting the tournament, which starts on June 11. Iran had already moved its training camp from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, Mexico, just across the US border. This was because of problems processing visas. The IFF…

David Lammy denies police are ‘institutionally racist’

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:7 June 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, David Lammy has denied that the police are institutionally racist. In doing so, he referenced the Casey Report — a report which found evidence of institutional racism in 2023. Lammy claimed the force has moved on since then, which is surprising to hear, because the Met refused to accept the findings of the report: And when the report was published the head of the Met police refused to accept the finding that the force was institutionally racist.https://t.co/WA6oTjcQGW — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 7, 2026 David Lammy — Left in the past Justice secretary and deputy PM David…