"Since US President Trump has explicitly said that he cannot guarantee the safety of the Iranian national team, we will obviously not travel to the US," Mehdi Taj writes on the Iranian Embassy in Mexico's X account.
The move comes after Iran last week appealed to FIFA to let the country play its three group stage matches in Mexico due to the war in the Middle East that broke out after Israel and the United States attacked Iran.
In the group stage, Iran will face Belgium, New Zealand and Egypt.
