US withdraws Iran's World Cup ticket allocation

The Iranian national team is set to miss the backing of its own fans when the World Cup in the US gets underway on Thursday. The national football association announced on Tuesday that the United States has withdrawn the tickets allocated to Iran for the group stage matches at short notice.

The Iranian Football Federation said the measure was intended to "prevent Iranian fans from attending matches." Under FIFA rules it had been allocated eight per cent of the tickets for each of its matches and had begun selling its allocation for the group games against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt — all hosted in the US — when the allocation was suddenly withdrawn.

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