Valuetainment - June 10, 2026


“Don’t Sneak Terrorists In” - U.S. SLAMS Iran With STRICT World Cup Visa Rules


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00:00:00.000 Staying on the World Cup story, Iran demands, just so you know,
00:00:03.320 the story comes out, Iran told to leave the U.S. within 24 hours
00:00:07.040 of World Cup matches as coaching staff visas are denied.
00:00:11.100 It's kind of a weird story there, but I understand why this is happening.
00:00:14.380 So let me read this to you.
00:00:15.840 Rob, I think you've got a clip on this one here.
00:00:18.400 Iran has been told they must enter and leave U.S. soil on the same day of matches
00:00:23.800 while integral members of their coaching staff have been denied visas.
00:00:27.240 The countries, is this it, Rob?
00:00:28.620 Yes, sir.
00:00:29.000 Go for it.
00:00:30.360 Opening game of this World Cup is here in Los Angeles against New Zealand in just nine days time.
00:00:36.140 But it says key members of its managerial, executive and technical staff have been denied visas.
00:00:42.220 The U.S. State Department says all of Iran's players and necessary members of its support squad will be allowed entry.
00:00:48.800 But it also says it is not going to allow Iran to, quote, abuse this system to sneak terrorists into the United States under false pretenses. 0.83
00:00:57.600 Now, Iran is. 0.78
00:00:58.180 Okay, so when you're seeing that, by the way, their matches are L.A., Seattle.
00:01:02.900 They were due to stay in Tucson, Arizona, but now will fly in.
00:01:06.460 They can either enter the morning, but they must leave the same day, said their Iran envoy, Abul Fawzi, Passan Didehi.
00:01:13.740 They added that Iran would not be allowed to abuse the system.
00:01:16.420 However, Iran's embassy in Turkey said visas have been denied to a large portion of the managerial and executive staff
00:01:22.340 and accused the Americans of politically biased interference in sport.
00:01:25.700 They claim visas have been denied to a large portion of the managerial and executive side.
00:01:29.800 Iranian state media claimed that the head of football federation and his deputy were among those denied entry.
00:01:35.880 Iran's opened their World Cup, like he said in there with New Zealand and California on June 16,
00:01:41.520 before facing Belgium and Egypt in California and in Seattle.
00:01:44.680 So this is kind of a publicity stunt, or it could be a part that, you know,
00:01:49.960 the U.S. is just trying to protect of anybody coming to town.
00:01:52.720 How do you process the story?
00:01:54.920 Well, a couple sides to it.
00:01:56.740 First of all, the U.S. State Department is trying to prevent them from sneaking people in here,
00:02:01.340 oh, technical assistant and everything.
00:02:02.880 It's pretty clear that's what they're saying they're trying to do.
00:02:04.920 Yep.
00:02:05.420 That they're calling it that.
00:02:07.200 Oh, I'm not going to give you a visa because we're calling it that.
00:02:10.040 The other side of it is I think they don't want the players to have an amount of free time
00:02:18.040 to maybe to connect with other players from other teams,
00:02:22.220 other countries, or, you know, decide that maybe they want to defect
00:02:26.400 because defections have happened from the Iranian team.
00:02:29.920 You go back years and everything.
00:02:31.600 There's always one person or somebody wants to get out. 1.00
00:02:34.400 We had the women's team. 0.82
00:02:35.620 They were worried that they were – remember, they were worried about that,
00:02:38.580 hey, the women's soccer team.
00:02:39.560 Some of them stayed here.
00:02:40.960 Yeah, they're like, yeah, if I miss a penalty shot on the field,
00:02:44.160 later I get a penalty shot from an AK-47.
00:02:46.840 So it's not what I want.
00:02:48.480 And so you've got guys like Mehdi Taremi, who, by the way,
00:02:52.440 could play on any team anywhere in the world if they had him on rental,
00:02:58.140 you know what I mean, just like they do UEFA and Champions League.
00:03:01.400 And nobody wants him to.
00:03:02.680 So that's what I think, Pat.
00:03:03.700 I think there's two things going on here.
00:03:05.420 Good from the State Department, but I think the other side is it's obvious.
00:03:09.500 And given the chance, some of those players would want freedom.
00:03:12.440 Yeah, makes sense.
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00:03:44.400 Go ahead, Rob.
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