00:00Iran out of the World Cup?
00:01After this attack, we can't be expected to look forward to the World Cup with hope.
00:06That's what Mehdi Taj, the president of Iran's football federation,
00:10said after Israel and the US, one of the co-hosts of the tournament, attacked the country.
00:16Well, at the moment, it's difficult to see how Iran can take part in the World Cup
00:22just because the situation in Iran is so fluid and the country is under attack.
00:27We simply don't know. All sporting events in Iran will have been cancelled, I think, at this point,
00:34until at least further notice. And of course, as I said, we haven't seen a situation where
00:39a host is effectively at war with a participant.
00:43Not everyone with the Iranian Football Federation was ready to comment on the situation in Iran.
00:55Iran is set to play at least three games on US soil. The US has already banned Iranian nationals
01:01from entering the country. That means many Iran fans will be coming from elsewhere,
01:06including the Los Angeles area, which is home to the largest Iranian diaspora in the world.
01:11In the event that Iran do pull out, what could happen next is unclear. FIFA regulations state they
01:17can take whatever action is deemed necessary. Replacing the country that pulls out with another
01:22is a possibility.
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