Iranian officials to travel to FIFA HQ for World Cup talks ahead of deadline

Iranian delegates are set to meet with FIFA in Zurich by May 20 to discuss the World Cup -Credit:Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images Iran will dispatch a delegation to FIFA headquarters this month to conduct talks regarding how they can participate at the World Cup. Iran are scheduled to play all three of their group-stage matches in the United States in June, despite the complications arising from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. There are now just 46 days until Iran's first Group G game against New Zealand in Los Angeles and, as Iranian Football Federation president Mehdi Taj noted on Friday, "We have many issues to discuss.

" Taj was unable to attend the FIFA Congress in Canada on Thursday due to his affiliation with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran were the only nation not represented at the meeting in Vancouver after Taj was turned away at the border. FIFA have subsequently reached out to the country's football federation to arrange critical discussions in Switzerland, as per The Mirror .

New Jersey Governor calls out FIFA over eye-watering World Cup train fares Donald Trump calls Gianni Infantino 'a piece of work' after FIFA boss confirms Iran's World Cup fate Infantino stated on Thursday that Iran will be competing at this summer's World Cup -Credit:Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom has set a deadline of May 20 for an Iranian delegation to make their way to Zurich, Switzerland, to hold talks, according to the Associated Press. "Our position is that we will soon have a meeting with FIFA," Taj told Iranian media on Friday. Iran are planning to be based in Tucson, Arizona, while in the United States ahead of two games in Los Angeles and one in Seattle.

Their presence at the tournament is now being welcomed by U. S. President Donald Trump.