Trump assures Infantino Iran will be able to play in the United States 🇺🇸🤝🇮🇷 | OneFootball

Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, has emerged from his office with news that is pure geopolitics: Donald Trump guarantees that the Iranian national team will be welcomed on U.S. soil for the 2026 World Cup.

With just 93 days to go before the opening whistle, this move is not just a simple visa procedure, but a full-fledged symbolic truce.

The meeting between the American president and the head of world football has served to defuse one of the tournament's potential bombshells. “President Trump reiterated that, of course, the Iranian team is welcome to compete,” Infantino confirmed.

In a context where relations between Washington and Tehran are usually measured by sanctions and warlike rhetoric, letting the ball roll without bans is a relief for the integrity of the competition.

Football as a force for unity

Infantino has not hidden the fact that sport is, today, the last bridge still standing. “Now more than ever, we all need an event like the World Cup to bring people together,” he stated with the necessary pragmatism.

It’s not just about goals, but about preventing political isolation from ultimately consuming the pitch, allowing the Iranian flag to fly in the stadiums of a country with which it maintains a historic diplomatic standoff.

Thanking the White House for its support, the FIFA leader wanted to emphasize that “football unites the world”, a phrase that this afternoon sounds less like a slogan and more like political reality.

With confirmation that there will be no boycotts or exclusions based on national origin, the 2026 World Cup secures its greatest triumph before it even begins: surviving borders and the noise of offices so that, at last, the game can speak for itself.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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