Mexico’s president sees ‘no issue’ with her country hosting Iran’s Fifa World Cup team

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-25 · 21:30 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Monday that she has "no issue" with Mexico hosting Iran's Fifa World Cup team. The team's training base has been relocated from the United States to Tijuana, Mexico, for the summer competition. While Iran will still play its group stage matches in the US, its base will be in Tijuana, near San Diego, California. This move was announced by Iran's football federation and confirmed by Fifa. The article notes this relocation occurs against the backdrop of the war in Iran, which began on February 28.

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Fifa formally confirmed the move of Iran's training base on Monday.

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Iran's World Cup team's training base has been moved from the US to Tijuana, Mexico.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated she has "no issue" with Mexico hosting Iran's World Cup team.

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The move of the training base occurs against the backdrop of the war in Iran, launched by the US and Israel on February 28.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that she has “no issue” with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the United States to Mexico for the summer soccer competition.The team will still play its group stage matches in the US but its base has been moved to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California, a move that Iran’s football federation announced recently and that was formally confirmed by FIFA, the sport’s governing body, on Monday.Moving the training base comes against the backdrop of the war in Iran, which the US and Israel launched on February 28.

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