Iran World Cup squad to reach Mexico early Sunday

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Iran's World Cup football team will arrive in Mexico early Sunday, June 7, to base themselves for the tournament. The team has been training in Antalya, Turkey, but is awaiting U.S. visas to complete travel formalities for the competition.

Iran's World Cup squad will arrive early on Sunday in Mexico where they will be based for the duration of the global football tournament, a team statement said Wednesday. "The Iran national football team will depart Antalya for Tijuana at 15:20 (1220 GMT) on Saturday, June 6, and is scheduled to arrive in Mexico at 1:30 am (0730 GMT) on Sunday, June 7," it said. The Iran players, who have been at a training camp in the southern Turkish resort of Antalya since May 18, are still waiting for their US visas.