Trump Issues Warning To Iran’s National Soccer Team | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump prolonged a considerably two-faced invitation to Iran’s nationwide soccer crew on Thursday to take part within the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Trump stated the crew is welcome to hitch the event, however he appeared to warning in opposition to doing so, practically two weeks after the United States and Israel attacked Iran.

“The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,” Trump wrote in a social media put up. “Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

Trump’s feedback got here only a day after Iran’s sports activities minister stated the crew can be barred from collaborating within the event because of the ongoing struggle and the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“Considering that this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,” the minister instructed state tv on Wednesday, based on Reuters.

The crew has participated in six World Cups, most lately within the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the place it completed third in Group B behind the U.S. and England. The crew’s first World Cup look got here in 1978, because the Islamic Revolution was underway.

The sports activities minister’s assertion and Trump’s subsequent invitation come simply days after seven members of Iran’s nationwide girls’s soccer crew have been granted humanitarian visas in Australia after the crew traveled to the Women’s Asian Cup previous to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, CNN reported earlier this week.

The members granted visas included six gamers and one member of the crew’s help workers, who selected to not return to their residence nation for concern of persecution. The remainder of the crew departed Sydney on Tuesday, Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed to CNN.