00:01Thank you. Dan Rowan, BBC. Mr. President, you say people should chill and relax about these situations, but you've got
00:10one of the world's top referees told he can't enter the United States, sent back home, accused of having links
00:18with suspected terror organisations.
00:20We have Iran having to change their training base here to Mexico. We have fans and journalists from a number
00:28of countries who aren't able to attend this World Cup because of travel bans or visa restrictions. You yourself have
00:34said in the past how important it is to have freedom of movement at a global event like this. You've
00:39said how inclusive it is, how welcoming it is as well. Are you embarrassed, therefore, by what actually has come
00:45to pass?
00:46And do you have to accept that you've lost some control of your own tournament here?
00:52Thanks. You're from BBC. BBC. You know, in 2035, I think, we hope, the Women's World Cup will be in
01:07the UK, right? Still needs to be a decision, but looks like.
01:13Would you find it normal that FIFA would dictate to the British government who to let in the country and
01:27who not to let in the country?
01:31I don't know. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe you find it normal. I would like, personally, on the other side, the reality
01:45of the matter is that in every country there are governments.
01:51try to get into the UK, into Germany, into Switzerland, without a visa, try to get a visa if you
01:59are from a certain country.
02:00It's not easy. That's what I want to say. It's not easy when you have 300,000 accredited people, majority
02:07of which from outside of the US,
02:10you have to process them, to vet them. You don't know, unfortunately, our world is, you know, a very aggressive
02:18world, and security goes above everything,
02:22and you need to respect the decisions which are taken. And when I say to chill, I don't mean to
02:31chill and do nothing.
02:33I mean to trust us, that we are working behind the scenes, we are trying to understand, and there are
02:41things we can know, things we cannot know,
02:43things we are told, things we are not told, and we always try to make the situation as positive as
02:51possible and to find solutions.
02:53Sometimes we manage, other times, not, you know, I think it has already been successful to bring Iran to play
03:03in America.
03:06I don't know who would have managed to do that. And of course, everyone here believes it's the right thing
03:12to do.
03:15But, you know, again, we don't live on the moon, we live on the planet Earth, and you have to
03:21deal with different situations.
03:23We try to do our best. We try to do our best. And I hope we'll have some good news.
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