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

• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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