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Iran's Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali has announced that the country's national team will not be able to participate in the 2026 World Cup, which will be held this summer in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
"After the corrupt government killed our leader, there are no longer any conditions that would allow us to participate in the World Cup. Against the backdrop of the brutal actions against Iran, when two wars were forced on us in 8 or 9 months, as a result of which thousands of our compatriots died, under the current circumstances we definitely have no chance of participating in the tournament," Donyamali was quoted as saying by TV2.
Recall that on February 28, the US and Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran, in response to which the Islamic Republic launched missiles and drones towards Israel, the Persian Gulf countries, and other nearby states.