"FOR YOUR LIFE, SAFETY, DON'T COME TO WORLD CUP"

"FOR YOUR LIFE, SAFETY, DON'T COME TO WORLD CUP" - TRUMP WARNS IRAN

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US President, Donald Trump warned Iran’s football team on Thursday, March 12, their “life and safety” would be at risk if they took part in the upcoming World Cup in North America.

Trump’s comments came just two days after he told FIFA chief Gianni Infantino the Iranian players would be welcome despite the Middle East war.

“The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran’s participation at this summer’s men’s football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Infantino, the head of world football’s governing body, said earlier this week that during a meeting with Trump at the White House they had discussed the “current situation in Iran.”

“President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to compete in the tournament in the United States,” he wrote after the meeting on Tuesday.

Infantino in December created a FIFA peace prize and awarded it to Trump.

His comments were the first time the football chief has acknowledged the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Trump this week weighed in on the case of Iran’s visiting women footballers in Australia, calling for them to get asylum.

The players feared they could face retaliation back home for not singing the national anthem before an Asian Cup match.

Australia later agreed to grant asylum to the five players who decided to stay.

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