{"id":117574,"date":"2026-05-01T04:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/infantino-confirms-iran-will-participate-in-the-u-s-world-cup-%e2%9a%bd\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:57:49","slug":"infantino-confirms-iran-will-participate-in-the-u-s-world-cup-%e2%9a%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/infantino-confirms-iran-will-participate-in-the-u-s-world-cup-%e2%9a%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Infantino Confirms: Iran Will Participate in the U.S. World Cup \u26bd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iran Confirmed in the 2026 World Cup: Infantino&#8217;s Words<\/h2>\n\n\nFIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the Iranian national team will participate in the World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the summer of 2026.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Of course, Iran is going to play in the United States of America. The reason is very simple. We have to unite and get closer to the people. FIFA unites the world. We must always remember to be positive&#8221;.<\/p><cite>Gianni Infantino, FIFA President<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe statements were made during FIFA&#8217;s annual congress, where Infantino emphasized the importance of unity and positivity in global football.\n\nThe top leader of the world football governing body highlighted the need to harness the unifying power of sport to overcome current challenges.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We must show ourselves to be happy. There are enough problems in the world. If no one tries to unite us&#8230; What is going to happen in our world? It&#8217;s an opportunity we have at the congress and at the World Cup. We have the power and the magic to be united because together we are invincible.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Gianni Infantino, FIFA President<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Confirmed in the 2026 World Cup: Infantino&#8217;s Words FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the Iranian national team will participate in the World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the summer of 2026. &#8220;Of course, Iran is going to play in the United States of America. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[957,4082,641,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-117574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-fifa","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}