IRAN will “boycott America, but not the World Cup,” the president of the country’s football federation is reported to have said.Iran’s participation at the finals has been cast into doubt after the United States and Israel started a war with the country at the end of February.Iran are due to play all three of their group matches in the US, but the country’s football federation chief, Mehdi Taj, said in quotes reported by the Fars news agency on Wednesday: “We will boycott America, but we will not boycott the World Cup.”

IRAN will “boycott America, but not the World Cup,” the president of the country’s football federation is reported to have said.

Iran’s participation at the finals has been cast into doubt after the United States and Israel started a war with the country at the end of February.

Iran are due to play all three of their group matches in the US, but the country’s football federation chief, Mehdi Taj, said in quotes reported by the Fars news agency on Wednesday: “We will boycott America, but we will not boycott the World Cup.”

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