Comment on Iran wants World Cup games moved from US to Mexico

Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “When Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America,” Taj said in comments posted on the Iranian Embassy’s X account.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    where in that statement does it specify mexico, and also, rule out canada as an alternative?

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    • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Full statement does, but different articles are cherry picking what to quote. You can see full original statement on Iranian Embassy Twitter account. I refuse promote Nazi run platforms, so can’t link to it.

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      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You can see full original statement on Iranian Embassy Twitter account

        Embajada de Irán en México
        @IraninMexico
        17h
        🔹مهدی تاج رئیس فدراسیون فوتبال ایران:
        وقتی ترامپ صراحتأ اعلام کرده است که نمی‌تواند امنیت تیم ملی ایران را تأمین کند، قطعا به آمریکا سفر نمی‌کنیم/در حال > مذاکره با فیفا هستیم تا مسابقات ایران در جام جهانی، در کشور مکزیک برگزار شود

        Mar 16, 2026 · 11:12 PM UTC

        The only part I can read is the “Iran’s mexican embassy”, I can’t read what I assume is persian.

        apnews.com/…/fifa-world-cup-iran-us-mexico-43f56d…

        This is a better link with more context, but feel free to not change anything, I do appreciate you post a lot of news.

        here’s an Xcancel link to the iran’s mexico embassy

        xcancel.com/IraninMexico

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