Iranian Saied Assadi, owner of the Comida Persa Iran restaurant, and his Mexican partner Claudia Leonardo pose outside the venue in Rosarito, on the outskirts of Tijuana, where a small Iranian community reflects broader political divisions within the diaspora ahead of the team’s World Cup campaign,

Four members of Iran's World Cup delegation win appeals against having their visa applications rejected but 11 staff remain banned from travelling to the United States.

The stance could put the city at odds with FIFA, the organizing body of the World Cup. Iranians opposed to the current regime want the ability to wave the flag.

Join our writers as they continue to the countdown to the World Cup ahead of the opening ceremony on Thursday. Iran says ticket allocation withdrawn 09:47 Staying on the “football and politics don’t mix” tip,

Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast. The players wore gold-colored pins with the number “168” on their jackets when getting off their plane Sunday in Tijuana,