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US says Iran players welcome at 2026 World Cup amid call for Italy to take their place

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US says Iran players welcome at 2026 World Cup amid call for Italy to take their place
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No one from US ‘told them they can’t come’, Rubio saysDelegation members with ties to IRGC may be barredIran’s footballers will be welcome at this year’s World Cup, secretary of state Marco Rubio said Thursday, distancing the United States government from a proposal that Italy could take their place in the tournament.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Rubio denied that the government had asked the Iranian team not to come to the World Cup – but warned the US may yet bar entry to members o

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