Valuetainment - June 10, 2026


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


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6 minutes

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1,331

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115

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2

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Iran has been told to leave the U.S. within 24 hours of their World Cup opener against New Zealand on June 16th. What does this have to do with the upcoming World Cup? And what does it mean for the rest of the teams competing in the tournament?

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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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