Iran's World Cup players take to the training pitch

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Iran's national football team participated in training at their Mexico base camp ahead of the World Cup, despite tensions stemming from recent US and Israeli attacks on Iran. Their World Cup appearance is set against a backdrop of regional conflict and international hostilities.

Iran's footballers took to the training pitch in front of journalists Thursday at their base camp in Mexico, giving the world its first glimpse of a team whose participation in the World Cup has been clouded by war with the United States.Iran's participation in the tournament, which is being jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, comes three months after the US and Israel launched attacks on the country of around 93 million people, setting off hostilities that saw a large swath