Iran's treatment at World Cup 'a dark point' for football: official

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Iran's football federation's secretary general criticized the team's treatment and travel restrictions during the World Cup in North America as a 'dark point'. The federation plans to file a complaint with FIFA over these restrictions impacting the team's performance.

Iran's treatment at the World Cup in North America is a "dark point" in the history of the competition, a leading Iranian football official said Friday. Hedayat Mombeyni, the secretary general of the Iranian football federation, was speaking to reporters the day after his organization said it would lodge a complaint with FIFA, claiming the team was being subjected to travel restrictions that were jeopardizing its performance.