Infantino Iran team promise
by Giantkebab: FIFA
The president of FIFA, Infantino, has promised the Iranian team that they will take part in the 2026 World Cup. He stated that if he had to travel by bus to Tehran and bring them here himself, he would do it.
Transcript (en)
When people were saying, well, it would be impossible for Iran to come to the World Cup, I told them and I promised them that they would come and if I had to go with a bus to Tehran and drive them here, I would do that. Their answer was, we will take the bus ourselves and drive it if need be. We qualified and we want to play. And this is the spirit of football. Of course there are challenges. Of course it's not easy.
