{"id":39241,"date":"2026-05-28T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/head-of-iran-football-federation-visas-for-world-cup-must-be-issued-on-time\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:10:36","slug":"head-of-iran-football-federation-visas-for-world-cup-must-be-issued-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/head-of-iran-football-federation-visas-for-world-cup-must-be-issued-on-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Iran Football Federation: Visas for World Cup must be issued on time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thumbs_b_c_320ed1f3ee57cc1f17ebbaed71c76794-1.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Iran Football Federation President Mehdi Taj has said that the timely issuance of visas remains one of the main concerns ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Iranian media reported, Anadolu reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The visa issue is currently one of the most important topics. FIFA should resolve the issuance process so that visas are issued on time and team members and companions can travel smoothly,&#8221; he said. Taj.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Iran has already submitted the necessary lists and requirements related to the tour and that this matter will be coordinated and announced jointly with Mexico, Canada and the USA. Taj also said that the concerns raised earlier about the conditions of the organization and possible sensitivities in the US &#8220;have been partially reduced&#8221;. The head of Iranian football added that the US side has reportedly cooperated in several arrangements, including issues related to the presence of Iranians and meeting some logistical requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s national team last week submitted visa applications to the US Embassy in Ankara ahead of the 2026 World Cup. The tournament will be jointly hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Iranian squad traveled from their training camp in the resort city of Antalya to the capital Ankara to complete visa procedures. The team has been in a training camp in Antalya since May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Iran Football Federation First Vice President Mehdi Mohammad Nabi said earlier that the delegation will complete visa procedures for Canada during the visit, while some Iranian players playing abroad are also expected to join.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Football Federation President Mehdi Taj has said that the timely issuance of visas remains one of the main concerns ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Iranian media reported, Anadolu reports. &#8220;The visa issue is currently one of the most important topics. FIFA should resolve the issuance process so that visas are issued on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-39241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":8,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39243,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39241\/revisions\/39243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}