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

• 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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      • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Translation

        Embajada de Irán en México@IraninMexico17h 🔹Mehdi Taj, President of the Iranian Football Federation: When Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot provide security for the Iranian national team, we will definitely not travel to the United States/We are negotiating with FIFA until the Iran tournament in the World Cup is held in Mexico

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