Iran will be present at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC for the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw after threatening to boycott the event.
The draw for next year’s World Cup takes place on Friday, December 5 at 17:00 GMT to determine the schedule for competing nations at the group stage of the tournament.
Earlier this week, Iran threatened to boycott the draw after claiming that the United States of America were refusing to grant visas to members of the country’s contingent including President of the Asian nation’s Football Federation, Mehdi Taj.
Out of the nine man delegation for Iran scheduled to attend the draw, only four have been given visas with the BBC reporting that Iran’s head coach Amir Ghalenoi and Iran’s Football Federation’s head of international relations Omid Jamali have already travelled to the United States with more members expected to join.
Competing in next year’s World Cup would mark Iran’s fourth appearance in the tournament in a row but are yet to progress beyond the group stage.
