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            <title><![CDATA[World Cup guide: Controversy over Seattle pride match]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Neither team wants to play, but the Iran-Egypt match is a "rainbow match." Norway faces France, who are missing their national team captain, in a group final, and Belgium and Uruguay have knives to their throats. Here's everything you need to know ahead of Friday's World Cup matches.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Cup guide: Controversy over Pride match in Seattle]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Neither team wants to, but the Iran vs Egypt match is a "rainbow match." Norway face France, who are missing their national team captain, in a group final, and Belgium and Uruguay have a knife to their throats. Here's everything you need to know ahead of Friday's World Cup matches.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Visa problems jeopardize Iranian winger Mehdi Torabi's World Cup participation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iranian international Mehdi Torabi's continued World Cup participation is in jeopardy, the state-run IRNA news agency reports. The winger was granted only a one-time visa to the United States and is now reportedly not allowed to re-enter the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Warring against the host country, Iran is now going to the World Cup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran is one of the most talked-about teams at the World Cup, even though they are unlikely to challenge for the World Cup title. But the team's situation is unique in World Cup history because Iran is at war with the host nation, the United States. "Our goal is to fight for our people, represent our country and show how good we are," said Iranian player Mohammad Ghorbani.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran moves World Cup base from US to Mexico for this summer's tournament]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran's national football team will move its base for this summer's World Cup tournament from the United States to Mexico, the chairman of the Iranian Football Federation said in a statement on Saturday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 19:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA after demands: excellent meeting with Iran ahead of World Cup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) had an "excellent" and "constructive" meeting with Iran ahead of the World Cup, said the federation's Swedish secretary-general, Mattias Grafström.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:29:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's demands ahead of the World Cup: Everyone should be guaranteed a visa]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran will play in the football World Cup - but has a list of ten demands. Everyone should be granted visas without problems, federation chairman Mehdi Taj said on state television.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:03:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Cup conflict: FIFA invites Iran to crisis talks in Zurich]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The war in the Middle East has created uncertainty over Iran's participation in the World Cup. FIFA has invited the Iranian Football Federation to talks.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iranian FIFA delegation forced to leave Canada after visas revoked]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran's delegation to the FIFA Congress in Vancouver has left Canada after its visas were revoked. Iran's football chairman Mehdi Taj is said to have been a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which Canada designated as a terrorist organization in 2024.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/iranian-fifa-delegation-forced-to-leave-canada-after-visas-revoked</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:27:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iranian media: Sardar Azmoun suspended after Instagram photo with United Arab Emirates prime minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Footballer Sardar Azmoun has been suspended from the Iranian national team over a now-deleted Instagram photo with the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reports, citing Iranian state news agency Fars.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:15:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran: We are boycotting the US, not the World Cup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Can Iran participate in this summer's World Cup? The country's football federation has not given a clear statement. "We will boycott the United States, but not the World Cup," says federation chairman Mehdi Taj.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran football federation chairman says country can't hope for World Cup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA["There is still great uncertainty about whether Iran will participate in this summer's World Cup after the dramatic developments in the country. One thing that is certain is that after this attack we cannot be expected to be looking forward to the World Cup," Mehdi Taj, chairman of the Iranian Football Federation, said, according to the AP.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran wants to stop pride match at World Cup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Next summer, Iran and Egypt will face each other in the World Cup in the United States – and the organizers in Seattle see it as a pride match. The Iranian Football Federation is not happy with this and wants to stop the event, reports the state news agency ISNA. The Egyptian Football Federation is also protesting the initiative.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:11:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's response to Trump's decision: Boycotting World Cup draw]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran will boycott the draw for the World Cup in Washington on December 5. The decision comes after the US denied visas to several members of the Iranian delegation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:37:23 GMT</pubDate>
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