{"id":2579089,"date":"2026-03-12T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dissuades-iran-soccer-team-to-participate-in-world-cup-in-light-of-safety\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:53:08","slug":"trump-dissuades-iran-soccer-team-to-participate-in-world-cup-in-light-of-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dissuades-iran-soccer-team-to-participate-in-world-cup-in-light-of-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dissuades Iran soccer team to participate in World Cup in light of &#8216;safety&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dissuades-iran-soccer-team-to-participate-in-world-cup-in-light-of-safety%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2579089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump has signaled a shift in his stance on Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national soccer team<\/a> participating in the FIFA World Cup. He said Iran is welcome to compete in the World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but warned the players might be unsafe amid the ongoing war with the United States. This tone contrasts with his earlier remarks after a discussion with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who said Trump had assured Iran would be allowed to travel and play, while Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-open-may-allow-unvaccinated-players-to-compete\/\" title=\"...n Open May Allow Unvaccinated ... To Compete\">sports minister<\/a> had argued that participation was not feasible.<\/p>\n<p>The story is set against the 2026 World Cup timeline (June 11 to July 19, across North America) and the tournament\u2019s expansion to 48 teams. Iran qualified and is placed in Group G with Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand, with matches planned for los Angeles and Seattle. If Iran withdraws, Iraq could take their place following an intercontinental playoff. The article also touches on Iran\u2019s women\u2019s team gaining attention after players sought asylum in Australia during the women\u2019s Asian Cup.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump changes mind on Iran soccer team&rsquo;s participation in World Cup per &lsquo;safety&rsquo; concerns<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2530549\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> signaled a shift in his public stance on whether <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran&rsquo;s<\/a> national soccer team should participate in the forthcoming <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-cup\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1397\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump maintained that the team is welcome to participate in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/soccer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1418\">tournament<\/a>, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but added that it may be unsafe for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fired-up-american-fans-contribute-to-impossible-to-describe-anthem-ahead-of-us-canada-clash\/\" title=\"Watch: Fired-Up American Fans Contribute to ...Impossible to Describe... Anthem Ahead of US-Canada Clash\">players amid<\/a> the prolonged war in Iran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4488170\/iran-fifa-team-welcome-world-cup-trump-tehran-opposition\/\">Trump says Iranian soccer team &#8216;welcome&#8217; at World Cup despite Tehran opposition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4483401\/watch-live-trump-college-sports-roundtable\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump participates in a &#8216;Saving College Sports&#8217; roundtable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4481028\/nba-should-not-be-promoting-vice-atlanta-hawks-strip-club-night\/\">The NBA shouldn&#8217;t be promoting vice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don&rsquo;t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,&rdquo; the president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116216801278101254\">said in a Truth Social post<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The statement marks a change in tone from Trump after his recent discussion with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-the-biden-administration-remove-frances-push-for-moral-responsibility-from-call-record\/\" title=\"Did The Biden Administration Remove France\u2019s Push For \u2018Moral Responsibility\u2019 From Call Record?\">president assured<\/a> him the Iranian team would be permitted to travel and compete in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino said Trump &ldquo;reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to compete in the tournament in the United States,&rdquo; emphasizing the World Cup&rsquo;s role in bringing nations together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s initial welcoming came as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tehran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3008\">Tehran<\/a> said Iran&rsquo;s team cannot participate due to the war with the U.S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Considering that this corrupt regime [the U.S.] has assassinated our leader, under &zwnj;no circumstances &zwnj;can we &#8288;participate in the World Cup,&rdquo; Iran&rsquo;s sports minister Ahmad Donyamali said, adding that &ldquo;conditions for participation do not exist.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, scheduled to run from June 11 to July 19 across North America, will be the first World Cup to feature 48 teams. Iran <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/48174709\/world-cup-2026-iran-iraq-travel-playoff-infantino-trump-fifa-explainer\">qualified for the event<\/a> last year after topping its Asian qualifying group and has been placed in group G alongside Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand, with matches scheduled in Los Angeles and Seattle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4488170\/iran-fifa-team-welcome-world-cup-trump-tehran-opposition\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS IRANIAN SOCCER TEAM &lsquo;WELCOME&rsquo; AT WORLD CUP DESPITE TEHRAN OPPOSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Iran&rsquo;s team is forced to withdraw from the tournament, the Asian Football Confederation would tap the closest qualifying nation to compete in Iran&rsquo;s place. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/48174709\/world-cup-2026-iran-iraq-travel-playoff-infantino-trump-fifa-explainer\">replacement team<\/a> could be Iraq, as the country&rsquo;s team could qualify by winning their intercontinental playoff against either Bolivia or Suriname in Monterrey, Mexico, on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s team has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-cities-where-teachers-unions-are-keeping-schools-shutdown\/\" title=\"Five Cities Where Teachers Unions Are Keeping Schools Shutdown\">gained national notoriety<\/a> and caught Trump&rsquo;s attention after players sought asylum in Australia while visiting for the Women&rsquo;s&nbsp;Asian Cup. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/australia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1406\">Australia<\/a> granted players asylum after Trump weighed in, but the president said some players chose to return to Iran to be with family despite dangers posed by the regime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump shifts stance on Iran World Cup entry due to safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2579090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25166014841685.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,8390,7478,3634,47370],"class_list":["post-2579089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-safety","tag-soccer","tag-trump","tag-world-cup"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25166014841685.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579093,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579089\/revisions\/2579093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2579090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}