Iran’s national football squad delivered a sharp rebuttal to President Donald Trump‘s safety-related warnings, declaring through an Instagram statement this week that no authority could bar its participation in the FIFA World Cup — and turning the argument around by implying it was the United States,

Iran is set to play three games in the U.S. this June. But amid the U.S.-Israel military campaign that has killed Iran's supreme leader, Iran's sports minister said the team would pull out.

U.S. Soccer CEO J.T. Batson has said he and FIFA president Gianni Infantino share the goal of having Iran participate at the 2026 World Cup.

Iran’s national team is set to play three group stage matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in U.S. host cities, but comments from Iranian football officials and mounting geopolitical tensions have raised new doubts about whether the team will take part.

The start of the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States is less than three months away. News is breaking every day about this summer's tournament and there is no better place to follow it all than right here at The Athletic.

Iraq boss Graham Arnold has asked FIFA to postpone their World Cup intercontinental play-off, warning that closed airspace, embassy shutdowns and the US-Iran conflict have left the squad unable to gat

The United States and Mexico — two of the 2026 World Cup's host nations, along with Canada — have been rattled by troubling security developments.

President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to move Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia as part of a potential deal aimed at ending the war involving the United States,