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Iran national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Iran have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions: in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. They are yet to have progressed from the group stages. [1] [2]
The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of the most politically charged matches in soccer history. This time, the political overtones are just as ...
On 12 April 2022, Iran struck a number of agreements with Qatar in the hopes of hosting fans of the men's football World Cup, which will be hosted in the neighbouring country later this year. According to Qatar News Agency, the two countries signed an agreement for operations to connect the Doha Flight Information Region (FIR) with the Tehran FIR.
Iran famously beat the U.S. 2-1 in a 1998 World Cup match in France that eliminated the Americans and caused thousands of flag-waving fans to greet the Iranians when they returned home.
Iran recorded their first World Cup victory in the second game [15] beating and eliminating the United States 2–1 with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring goals for Iran. The Iran-US World Cup match was preheated with certain excitement because of each country's political stance after the Iranian revolution and the Iran hostage crisis ...
The U.S. soccer federation is displaying Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying it supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations' World Cup ...
First goal in a World Cup match Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs Scotland First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign Gholam Vafakhah vs Kuwait, 6 May 1973 (1974 World Cup qualification) Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup Yahya Golmohammadi, 35 years, 2006 Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup Mehdi Mahdavikia, 20 years, 1998
Iranian state media is calling for the U.S. to be banned from competing in the 2022 World Cup over a now-deleted social media post in which the U.S. national soccer team altered an image of the ...